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"Hetathi" by Elizabeth Wilcox

SF&F Picture 5 out of 23 by Elizabeth Wilcox

A poem about one of the two central cities in my novel-to-be, Tetiana.

Hetathi

Mist rises off the waters
Of the cool and silent lake,
Spreading o’er penanted towers,
Leaving dew-drops in it’s wake.

Twilight grows until the dawning
Of a bright and busy day,
And with the hot sun’s rising
All the damp is burned away.

Slowly, like a trickling stream,
People flow into the streets,
Bustling out in the soft gleam
Morn’s rhythm within them beats.

Hetathi, city beautiful!
Basking on the Mirror’s edge--
Bright and full and e’er watchful,
University’s fair hedge.

Behind thy gates all knowledge lies
Protected from the passing time,
Held forth till Order’s last demise
For use past reason, heart, or rhyme.

Deep within that school of thought--
Honored, renowned, feared--
A secret hides, forever caught
Held within snares ever thus geared.

Date	Name	Comment
31 May 2005	Siren	Loading... that's wonderful! Well done! ^___^ hands you a cookie tis tres cool. first comment dance Good luck with getting a novel published! Elizabeth Wilcox replies: "Thanks! Hey, how'd you know my ultimate goal . . . bows to the psychic"
11 Nov 2005	Dan Shevock	Loading... beautifully written descriptive poem. lovely word choices. (though I can't say 'penanted' out loud, lol) This inspires me to want to write a poem about my home city. (not for elfwood of course, cause this is a real place) But that shows that you write about this place as if you were a citizen of Hetathi, and proud of it. This really makes the place real.Thank you so much; I think Hetathi really became real for me as I wrote this, and I'm glad it shows.
14 Nov 2005	Jessica Warner	Loading... Ah this is lovely! The first two stanzas are my favourite, they make a really beautiful image. I like the mystery at the end which seems to lead into a story - are you going to put this into your story, or is it just a stand alone?I'm planning on having this stand alone--It's just something that came to mind when I was jotting down notes about the places in my story. It certainly relates to what happens in the story, though . . . or will happen, if I ever get to it!