Between breaths
Slipping through ventricles
Amidst heart murmurs
Immeasurable incisions
Birth fleeting opportunity
Ostentatious
Alas fragile and volatile
It filters through grasps
Of even the most learned
Spoil not with gauche verbs
But pay it chivalry
Through thoughts without words
And carefully extrapolated expressions
For the next ephemeral moment
May never come to pass
Author notes
enjoy.
A contest entry
- what happens in the white spaces by Dienush.
750 points, ended April 30, 2008, 24 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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I like this poem overall, though I find it a bit pretentious. I especially enjoyed
"Spoil not with gauche verbs
But pay it chivalry"
Nice imagery. Thank you for entering.
~Diana -
Hm... Very nice vocabulary!
I like a poem that has very rich vocabulary!
Hehe... Overall, amazingly penned...
Great job, and good luck in your contest
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