Out there, somewhere
By
Heavy, stinging, bloodshot eyes
looking out on a world
distorted
woven with strands of fairground music.
The Waltzer swirling thoughts violently
inside a moss covered rock
distorted
canals, crevasses of ice sided cliffs:
impossible to climb; hands and feet
keep slipping, falling deeper
abstracted
Picasso expressed abstract – unique among fools.
Foolish attempts to exhume all
but the very crystal of being –
abstracted
the Dove has hope encased in his thin black collar
buried
opened when found – by then it’s too late.
And the Song Thrush sings
a tune?
of merriment
Mistaken Identity
By
sweat pours down your cold-flushed brow
your only crime to look like him
ripped flesh oozes gushing blood
in ecstasy the enemy screeches
one more knocker on peters door
you never knew – they weren’t your foe
angels wings drip youthful blood
and hell awaits the screechers
dante spoke at length of hell
purgatory no escape
for those who don’t repent at will
eternity spent burning screeching
Doesn't it seem there's a revivial in poetry? Not so much with the poets, but with the readers and the listeners? It seems to me that there's a greater audience now in place to appreciate the art.
Yes, I agree with you Michael. Oddly, the very thing we attack for destroying attention spans and polluting an entire generation with illiteracy is in fact, responsible for a sort of renaissance poetically and artistically. As a poet I find the immediacy of this medium a gift but of course curse is that to get to the art you must wade through a few feet of muck. It's lovely to have you here and to read your comment, please visit again.
Hi Elizabeth. I really like your use of water and colour. Your poetry has a vividness that makes the emotion contained in it come to life. Terrific!
Hi Feltsensejunkie. I really like your use of colour. There is a poignancy to your work that is quite moving. Very well done!
Hi Jennifer. An exquisite piece. Delicate, almost ethereal imagery. The sparrow thin wrists provide such a striking image!
Hi Selma, Thanks so much for your thoughtful comments. I am pleased you enjoyed my work.
Hi Marsha. You have just covered two of my favourite subjects - sitting in a tinny and watching a crane. Love both poems. I love the image of the village scurrying at the back of the seabird. That is fantastic!
Hi Steve. You present very powerful images. Your poetry has a great impact. Really like the line - 'the Dove has hope encased in his thin black collar.' Oh, yes.
Hi Jessica. Beautiful work. 'And Speak of Shadows' is just glorious. And I can relate to your 'Occupy' poem...
Hi Selma, thank you kindly! My first comment :)
Hi, Guy. I really like your poetry. Your image of the turquoise water between exposed rocks is just gorgeous. Very, very nice!
Thank you selma, very happy to hear that.
Lovely words..........for me they create paintings. Great to read your work here!