Seren

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Invictus

I am a daughter of the sea
a sister to heaven
smothered in earth

an unknown scent
of fragrant nights
exists in me
and no other

I am one of many
but singularly unique
painted in no hand
but melded
by a multi-verse

I am legion Invictus
forever my march
streams
I am of the source

I am multitude

— Seren, Apr 16, 2010

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: Beyond the Black Stump..Australia, AUS

Favorite Poets: Pablo Neruda, P.K.Page, W.H.Auden, to many and various to include them all ...

Critiques

Orphani

16 years 1 month ago

what fierce beauty there is

What fierce beauty there is in you, that sets free the spirit of these words.It is not lost in the small flower that our eyes love as Jayne cloe ( the tender heart of rage). love B

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dont quiet know where this one came from to be honest ... but it was born in one sitting which is rare for me these days lol ... thanks for your lovely compliment love and big hugs JayCee (Quote:- It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.---Robert Green Ingersoll)

Kailashana

16 years 1 month ago

I absolutely love your

I absolutely love your version, daughter of the sun, sister to the moon. ~Mum Invictus ~ William Ernest Henley Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. ~~~~~ "Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." ~ A Course In Miracles

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dearest Mum

I have never read that before but I just saved it ... wow ... you just blew me away ... that poems just sublime ...thank you for thinking of it I might never have seen it otherwise love you and biggest hugs JayCee x x x (Quote:- It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.---Robert Green Ingersoll)

ziggy

16 years 1 month ago

hi jayne

hi jayne the second verse stood out to me , great , and i like where this one says " forever my march " ,,,,,,,zigs

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Ziggy

So happy you liked this one I will be looking out for a new one from you ~! take care love and hugs JayCee (Quote:- It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.---Robert Green Ingersoll)

xena465

16 years 1 month ago

Daughter of the sea

That you are, and a mother of great poets...Brilliant JayCee Rosina xena465

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Rosina

Thank you for that great compliment Rosina I remember when I called myself a scribbler till one day a friend said stop it lol its insulting so from then till now I am poetess as are you ;) love and big hugs JayCee (Quote:- It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.---Robert Green Ingersoll)

xena465

16 years 1 month ago

Thanks for that JayCee

I love and agree with the "Quote". Rosina xena465

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Annie

thanks for the comment I am happy you liked it love JayCee (Quote:- It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.---Robert Green Ingersoll)

The Seeker

16 years 1 month ago

Dear JayCee

Enjoyed this one you surely bless with ,like the last stanza . Wish you have a nice weekend The Seeker I have no special talent ,I am only passionately curious. Albert Einstein

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Seeker thanks for your

Dear Seeker thanks for your lovely comment I am glad you liked this one love and big hugs JayCee x x (Quote:- It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.---Robert Green Ingersoll)

Nordic cloud

16 years 1 month ago

"I am one of many  but singularly unique "

Ann of Norway And so you are dearest Jayne Chloe, so you are. "I am one of many  but singularly unique " And when I had copied out this poem I saw that Anna had already visited the poem so too late, but

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dearest Ann

I had actually thought of two people when I posted this one dear lady ... you and Annamum ... I wondered if you would like it ... it was a rare poem I wrote and submitted the same day somehow this one just felt right I am so happy you like it big smiles love and biggest hugs JayCee x x x (Quote:- It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.---Robert Green Ingersoll)

manawa

16 years 1 month ago

yummee mother earthI am the

yummee mother earth I am the source of multitudes love it... how can one give only 5 stars when the heavens hold a universe. delicious manawa

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Manawa

Thank you so much for your wonderful comment ... the southern cross is one of my muses ;) I look at it most nights amateur star gazer me lol ... delicious is good too lol love JayCee (Quote:- It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.---Robert Green Ingersoll)

judyanne

16 years 1 month ago

you have such an ability to say it jc

'painted in no hand but melded by a multi-verse' so beautiful love judd xxx

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Judd

One of your poems inspired this one dear lady ... just thought you might like to know your an inspiration not just a damn good poet ;) love and big hugs jayne-Chloe x x x (Quote:- It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.---Robert Green Ingersoll)

judyanne

16 years 1 month ago

how lovely

will you tell me which poem? and what a lovely thing to say xxx love and big hugs back atcha judd xxxx

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

In the beginning Judd :)love

In the beginning Judd :) love and big hugs JayCee (Quote:- It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.---Robert Green Ingersoll)

barbsdad2003

16 years 1 month ago

How sharply adept ...

you've become. Sparing of word, here covering your ground unstintingly. Impressive! A delight to read. Hate to pick a favorite part of this, but ... I do esp. like: and sister to heaven smothered in earth Thanx much, Chuck

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Chuck

its such a delight for me, for you to read me after all this time, I have worked hard to improve ... I have changed my writing style and for you to like it makes me very very happy you where alway an inspiration to me and inadvertantly helped me grow courage and move out of my comfort zone ((hugs)) thank you so much dear man love and hugs Jayne-Chloe x x (Quote:- It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.---Robert Green Ingersoll)

seabhac

16 years 1 month ago

Linking to an unconcious of the origional write

to me the last two lines, (I believe which were used in Buffy the Vampire slayer) are incredibly apt to the woman and the writer you have become. Seabhac

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Liz

we have watched each other grow havent we ? ... we have both come a long way, I didnt realise those lines where used in buffy never was a big fan to be honest lol ... thanks for that lovely compliment ... I have grown in mind and self since ive been here its with friends like you I 'keep on keeping on' as whatever his name used to say lol 1.30 am I've forgotten lol love and big hugs JayCee x x x (Quote:- It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.---Robert Green Ingersoll)

Candlewitch

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Jayne

Brilliant! Was your poem inspired by the poem "Invictus" or the movie? Love, Cat

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Cat

It was a poem of Judds that inspired this one she wrote something and then this came out lol ... I am so happy you like this one I was worried cause i didnt do much editting ... how are you feeling huni I have been thinking of you I know how hard the last few days would have been for you love and big hugs JayCee x x x P.S havent seen invictus yet but i ahve heard good things about it (Quote:- It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.---Robert Green Ingersoll)

Ravenshakti

16 years 1 month ago

Hello Jayne...

Very, very nice Jayne... Though I was expecting (at any moment) to hear you say: "I am Woman!!! Hear me roar!!!" With a little polish, this one will also shine prettily though... Gentle regards, Raven

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Raven

dont plan on polishing it much at all I am quite happy with it thanks for the comment kind regards Jayne-Chloe (Quote:- It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.---Robert Green Ingersoll)