something i wrote a year ago and can't seem to get out of my head, it came to me in a history class when a teacher said that all the sphinx's were built facing east, toward the rising sun. View table of contents...

Submitted: Sep 18, 2008    Reads: 35    Comments: 3    Likes: 2   

Great sphinx upon the desert floor

what is it you are waiting for

for the sun to never rise

or darkest night to hide the sky

great sphinx upon the desert floor

who must keep watch forever more

may is sit with you awhile

and watch too by the loving nile?

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Evelyn Ward

Hi again. This poem I loved for its simplicity in describing something as enigmatic as the Sphix. You also asked for typos "may I sit with you awhile".

Evelyn

Posted: Sep 18, 2008

Author Comment:

plese visit poetry.com and search for Melisa Alonzo, I'd love it if you'd vote on my poem Hallway!!!

DragonsSong

thanks

Posted: Sep 19, 2008

Xho

I loved how simple and sweet this poem was. And writing about a sphinx is ingenious! Well done. ~X

Posted: Oct 15, 2008

Author Comment:

thanks, I wrote t in an English class, we were talkin about Egyptian Mythology. He had said something about a sphinx always being set to face east, toward the sunrise.

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