<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=427071" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Jerusalem Is Surrounded</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Pageants of gray wolverines<br>Fallen flowers with synced teeth <br>The flattery of Persian armies<br>Minced dreams deep in frozen water<br>Everything wanes into ashes<br>Motion of thrills without base<br>Islands of cement still as enemies<br>Foghorns are my only poems<br>Sinful roses fade like winter<br>The times of freedom diminish<br>Persecution from the will to power<br>Esau has brought his curse<br>The bells no longer dirge<br>They have buried my desire<br>We approach the mountains<br>Towers of self-indulgence</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Every minaret is now my enemy<br>Tolerance cannot bare intolerance<br>Underground in caverns of catacombs<br>Search the ancient funerals<br>Search the tumbrels of Antioch <br>Fields of blood before Augustine<br>No elegized Corinthian Plato<br>Weary of serpents the innocent chant<br>Columns of martyrs serene in eternity<br>Liquid gold melts the long confession<br>Stagger like wounded warriors<br>No Teutonic knight shall prevail<br>No onward dialectic shall win<br>I can only go down on my knees <br>Indolence has been broken<br>I seek the things above</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The broken wind sighs with time<br>These shelters of stone wither<br>Pyres bring changes that die<br>Generations fade into vapor<br>Console the cruel fate of Delphi<br>Self knowledge becomes a grave<br>Tear down the pirate sails<br>Chain Prometheus with myth<br>The god of war rides with treatise<br>Books of pyramids and ancient angels<br>Fire of Persian scrolls<br>Every meadow converted into dross<br>Chains surround the house of wisdom<br>Succulent concubines wait for kings<br>The west surrenders slowly<br>Jerusalem is surrounded</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Joseph+Narusiewicz">Joseph Narusiewicz</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=427071" data-title="Jerusalem Is Surrounded de Joseph Narusiewicz" data-description="Pageants of gray wolverines Fallen flowers with synced teeth The flattery of Persian armies Minced dreams deep in frozen water Everything wanes into ashes Motion of thrills without base Islands of cement still as enemies Foghorns are my only poem..."></div> </div> </div>

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