The Poet of the Week for this week’s W3 Weekly Poetry Prompt #64 is Sylvia Cognac.
Sylvia’s prompt guidelines •Write a poem of any style and any length on the topic of “Power, related to power in any way, whether it’s physical, emotional, or even electrical.
My poem INTI KAWSAY (Power of the Sun) is based on the Shadorma.
Inti Kawsay
(the Power of the Sun)
INTI KAWSAY
Contemplate
The powerful gaze
of the sun
from the past
conceiving the secret maze
and long shadows cast
Adventure
through the great god’s eye
gold tollgate
of the soul
to the celestial highway
named Quapaq p’unchay
Guardian
Achachilas are
Spin doctors
of the court
they weave their net for Inti
and silken spidery sport
(could this be the world’s first Inti net?)
Proud soldier
Inti Sentinels
On their guard
About face
And By the right march! forward
To defend his grace
The woven
Threads of mystery
Entwining
History
In the deepest memory
of immortal time
Behold ye!
Oh, Inti Kawsay
Stalwart eye
of the sun
Inca lord of the Quechuan
Thou art thy sublime
Lesley Scoble, July 2023
NOTES Quapaq p’unchay Quapaq translates to ‘the great, or mighty’, and p’unchay translates to ‘journey or path’. Inti Inti is the Quechua for Sun God. Inti was a significant deity in Inca mythology. Kawsay (pronounced een-tee kow-sigh) is Quechuan for The Power of the Sun. The word means power or life force. Achachilas Achachilas is the Quechua name for spiders. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS My thanks to David, The Skeptics Kaddish, and to Sylvia Cognac for the powerful poetry prompt.
Lesley lives in the City of London Square Mile. An artist, actor and sculptor (her first ceramic sculpture won the V&A inspired by… Award). Scenic artist & book illustrator, playwright, (her musical play, Rapscallion performed in inner city schools and theatre school); TV dancer; Animator and illustrator for TV production. Set up Pinecone Studios Ltd and IIMSI Ltd drama and filmmaking workshops in London – producing award-winning films made by children.
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