Beltane
Fires
Through the fire
of Beltane pyres,
prances and dances
liars with lances.
With backward glances
of desire,
they take their chances
with the maidens’ ire.
And in the spires
of the fire,
romance enhances
though the drum and lyre.
Bodies perspire
- then transpires -
passions advances
these liars’ lances.
Admire that which
inspires -
Beltane fires, romances,
and the maidens’ ire.
- Douglas H. Thew
