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Alex Domokos is a versatile author of poems, short stories, plays, essays and novels as well as an accomplished sculptor, photographer and cinematographer. He currently has five books in publication in his native Hungary and his works have been included in several Anthologies of Canadian-Hungarian authors. He has been published in the Purdue University Calumet arts annual "Skylark", the Douglas College Review, Lethbridge Magazine, and Canadian Fiction Magazine. For more information, visit his website at http://adomokos.homestead.com/ Poems by Alex Domokos THE PRICE OF FREEDOM A sparrow lost in winter's night Is tempted by our window's light. She flutters at the windowpane Her struggles futile, so in vain. I open now the window wide Inviting her to come inside. Her instinct fears captivity And she declines security. Next morning 'neath the window frame She lies there frozen, free from pain. She never knew a compromise, And freedom asks a sacrifice. RESURRECTION Sour is the smell of autumn As it lingers in the air, Reminding me that fall is here And I won't live forever. It is ripening time around me, Sadness, beauty mixed in one. All the gaiety of spring and summer Have long been gone. Memories like crystal needles Penetrate my aging heart, Urging me to remniscence By the fire of the hearth. Through the dancing flames of fire I relive my early life. Not yet dead, but deadly tired From incessant earthly strife. In the warmth of cooling fire Is the answer, and the test; As the fire cools to ashes I will also come to rest. But - as the kernel in the soil Dies to bring about new birth, Ressurrection is the meaning Re-emerging from the earth. Life recycled, life renewed, As the freshly growing grain Trumpets forth the victory - Life never perishes in vain. Bonnie Mercure, your Poetry Guide at dowse Poetry Page, is a dark fantasy author. Visit her website
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