Another reprised poem from the past year of this blog.

Fireflies and the Frost Ninja

fireflies
the magnificent nine
a court of frost
and starlight
of troubled blood
land of wolves

the ninja’s blade
the finisher
silent wife or
kept woman
spirit of steamboat
or any other name

don’t dare a dame
seamus in a skirt
a ninja’s daughter
gathering of ravens
mercy – from evil
deliver us

court mist and fury
court silver flames
a permanent record
in the depth of winter
the highwayman’s
next to last stand

since you only live – twice?

–LE