6 Eb
Yellow Rhythmic Human
I am Salome
And Solomon –
Lebanon and Egypt
Palestine and Yemen –
I am Fatima –
Priestess of the East
Morocco am I
Ethiopia and Crete –
I am Goddess
Serpent-handed
Serpent-haired –
I am Alhambra
Athens – Turkey
The Levant –
I am the Oriental Dance
Algeria am I –
Tunis and Baghdad –
The Emirates
And Israel
I am the wine-dark Sea –
The Mediterranean –
Gulfs of Aqaba and
Persia –
Petra and Peninsula
I am Jordan
Libya – Sudan
Macedonia –
Armenia and Oman –
I am la Grèque Ancienne –
I am She –
Terpsichore.*
*Terpsichore: the ancient Greek Muse, Goddess of Music and
Dance.
(c) Kleomichele Leeds
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