Zafur's Prophetic Dream

She stands, poised under the heavens of Planet Aeon
Zafur’s squad besieged, as aircraft aviate skies agleam
Unafraid, foreseen by gods. This day! A war would spawn.
“We seek no defeat.” This is Zafur’s prophetic dream.

Zafur’s squad besieged, as aircraft aviate skies agleam
Hearing, the loud sonic bursts and shrill whine of airships
“We seek no defeat.” This is Zafur’s prophetic dream.
With quick speed the missile blasters depart from air strips

Hearing, the loud sonic bursts and shrill whine of airships
Pilot’s fly craft, lethal path over jagged rock peaks
With quick speed the missile blasters depart from air strips
She cursed their elders, demigods who speak their fate, bleak

Pilot’s fly craft, lethal path over jagged rock peaks
If they be captured, we will make them useful captives
She cursed their elders, demigods who speak their fate, bleak
No quiet surrender. We will fight! not yield our life, inactive

If they be captured, we will make them useful captives
With icy eyes, crests warships through dark nebulous mist
No quiet surrender. We will fight! not yield our life, inactive
Unaware, the enlist, those sure to bring a slight twist

With icy eyes, crests warships through dark nebulous mist
Blazes, etched in the psyche of those epic victories
Unaware, the enlist, those sure to bring a slight twist
Their aid in your fleet’s defeat will help tell our story

Blazes, etched in the psyche of those epic victories
Zafur’s squad besieged, as aircraft aviate skies agleam
Unaware, the enlist, those sure to bring a slight twist
“We seek no defeat.” This is Zafur’s prophetic dream.



I changed my style today from the sonnet to a pantoum. The pantoum is like a puzzle poem, I learned in a poetry workshop. It was my hardest assignment, but helped me create one of the my favorite pieces. It is like a puzzle in that the second line in your first quatrain is the first line in the next one. You have to place the last line of the first quatrain as the third line in that same quatrain. You can repeat that pattern until the last quatrain, which must use the second line of the prior quatrain as its first and the fourth line as its second. The second line of the last quatrain will be the the second line of the first and the very last line will be the last line of the first quatrain. Use that link to describe it a little better for you. It was hard for me. What a challenge, but it became easier and I am quite sure it is becoming one of my favorites as well.


I write here for practice to create self assignments daily, I hope you like this poem. I used a site this displays his Art of Dawid Michalczyk (scroll mid-page). I love surrealist art because it allows me to let my creative mind fly free and without too many limits. I can go to a world without the limits we have in life, this world has missile blasters! All are tricks I learned in one of my poetry workshops. She taught us to take a piece of Art/photography study them take notes, use adjectives and action verbs/verb phrases then begin to write.


I will go back to writing sonnets daily, but today I thought I would break it up. Today I wanted to let my creativity do a 360 and I came up with a Alien character her name is Zafur (scroll to mid page), here is the link of my great alien heroine on a Artistic Poster. Enjoy!

Another Surrealist Gallery (saving for both you and me) :-}

I love the one with the green faced boy! So many stories. Well, Im tired and sorry so late. I wanted it to be good work. Night.

UPDATE: {The Artist of the image has responded in Comments}