Starch the wefts and wafts
of wilted picture windows,
as slow motion daylight
waltzes ‘cross a jealous sky.
Shadows die from lightless hunger,
stirring ether with echoed cries.
Layered petals compress the land,
silence starts in shimmering confusion,
as tainted taste of soured syllables
fade into remnants of forgotten threads.
Evolution slows her heart; in silken
dreams she chokes and screams
at façade so crudely wrought,
held safe with pins, forbidden sins,
mixed without a thought.
Bobbin breaks and pattern unwinds
into a pool of congealed retorts,
left to ponder predicaments of
becoming eternities stuffing;
inside of nothing.
Author notes
Colin Marschall
Option 1. Abstract Prompt - "tapioca and tapestry"
Option 4. Word Bank - All words used (though I have changed the tense of some)
A contest entry
- Learning To Fly~ (For the group "Poets WIth Feathers") by poet2angels.
2200 points, ended November 13, 2007, 10 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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A very intriguing piece you have shared with us here, interesting use of the abstract prompt and well woven use of the word bank. best wishes to you.
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oh wow!! this was awesome Colin!!
Amazing job!
~Michaela~
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You are brilliant and I am glad that you chose a more challenging prompt. I had a feeling you would. I really love this!
SO amazing abe perfectly written...TY for making me sigh again
Lynda
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This is excellent indeed, alliteration is rich amid such thought-provoking description and imagery. Well done.
Hugs'n'Snugs
Me x
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