SSP 100 Days Challenge (Day 83): NINIVEH
steemitschoolpoetry·@sansoncarrasco·
0.000 HBDSSP 100 Days Challenge (Day 83): NINIVEH
<div class="pull-right"> <div class="pull-right"> <div class="pull-right"> <div class="pull-right"> <div class="pull-right"> https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbaowNHpwhBtqyFDfKaDjdAK5fRLCdAPHEX6iLJU45tng/desert_city_by_jjpeabody-d95wuhl.jpg </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <br> This is my eighty-third entry for the Steemit School of Poetry 100 Days Challenge.  <center>  [Source](https://pre00.deviantart.net/cd99/th/pre/i/2015/228/e/e/desert_city_by_jjpeabody-d95wuhl.jpg) ### NINIVEH ### Near Nineveh's snow-white sands graceful dates fall on orange-blossom beds maidens with carved lips will soothe the hunger of the exhausted travelers and quench their thirst The storms and the torments of the trip exhaust beasts and men like black nectar and blurred nacre in the hills and in the the oasis and at the crossroads Come, thirsty people, hungry people of nomads fleeing the whip of the Egyptian come to these pristine shores where water is a blue singing cloud that clinks in the pupils of the Sun Come and amuse yourselves with our bread soaked in olive oil eat our sweet dates and find rest during our placid evenings full of stars and soft breezes when plump women will pamper you Come, come, pay no attention to the auguries of charlatans nor to the vultures that fly over this place Come to this mirage come true in this nameless valley Come...   [Source](https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/006/853/137/large/mario-collantes-ocd-card-env-desert-mirage4.jpg?1501728140)  </center> <h1></h1> ### NOTES ### This poem tells the story of a misleading mirage, a trap that leads stray caravans into a doomed city.  ### Original text from Sansón Carrasco ### [Steemit School Discord](https://discord.gg/hyfYQ9P)