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And it is with great haste I come to her from the altar Fresh from the sacrifice of atonement Still in priestly robes Splattered with ram's blood My face smudged with ashes When my robes fall away I wear only the smell of olive oil And incense before her and She wears only a perfume As our scents mingle and our Fragrances intertwine And our clothes left lying In heaps on the floor Are the skins shed by serpents And the discarded shells of insects That are cast off when They take on new forms by Doug Tanoury This poem is © Copyright 2001 |
[The Moses Soliloquy | A Slaves Life | Blue & Purple & Scarlet Stuff | Burnt Offering | Cherubim Skillfully Worked | Favor In My Sight | Up on Sinai | Molten Calf | The Finger Of God | The Pharaoh of My Past | The Red Sea Between Us]
Doug Tanoury is primarily a poet of the Internet with the majority of his work never leaving electronic form. His verse can be read at electronic magazines and journals across the world.
The greatest influence on Doug's work was his 7th grade poetry anthology from Sister Debra's English class: Reflections On A Gift Of Watermelon Pickle And Other Modern Verse (Stephen Dunning, Edward Lueders and Hugh Smith, (c)1966 by Scott Foresman & Company) He still keeps a copy of it at his writing desk.
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