Icarus Fell... Poem by DM W

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Icarus Fell...



Icarus fell amidst feathers,
In the heat of a Cretan
Afternoon, and drowned
In the all consuming sea.
Icarus fell amidst feathers.
His fabled death reminds
All of us wilder poets not
To fly too close to the sun.

Icarus Fell...
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Picture of statue: Icarus Fell (Amid Feathers) by Nicola Godden.
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