This poem is dedicated to Jackie Summers who asked for it many moons ago ...
Lilith ... Lilith ... Lilith ...
a serpent's hiss sssss ... ssss.
Arabic 'night' ...
Akkadian ... 'spirits' ...
Sumerian ... 'she demon' ...
Hebrew 'disease-bearing wind spirit'
So ...
a maiden demon or spirit.
Adam's first wife,
created from the same
earth as Adam in life,
BRILLIANT.
Thanks Susan ~ it’s special …
Polly, it is amazing. It is one of those poems that we get a few times in a lifetime of writing, I think.
magnificent writing !
Yes, Polly rocked it.
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