8 Chicchan
Red Overtone Serpent
Salome am I
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.
©Kleomichele Leeds
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