I heard the screams
before I saw the flames.
High pitched, the voices pleading
please come quick, help is needed.
The briliant oranges and deep fierce
reds jumped high and peirced the quiet air.
The building slowly loosing the battle.
The rest can't be explained but
I know that it'll always remain,
forever etched in my brain.
Author notes
This is fiction, I just wanted to make that clear.
A contest entry
- anything goes 10 lines of poetry by tony yates.
600 points, ended March 29, 2008, 23 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Comments
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Okay.
You know even though I know this is fiction, it is realistically written. It does describe a fire that is devastating, and I know this only too well. My house burned in 1997.
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fine write
well done dear poet, thanks/good luck
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