A fleeting glimpse back
at a time of
dreadful answers,
rose up from
the crowd-
Deepening the frown
across your brow
trying to recall
the peace and
sense of perfect
unity of
words and
soul-
Only then
to be lifted
back out of
the fugue of
this unworthy fog
that quells
the madness
within-
Author notes
word bank:
perfect,sense,lifted,crowd,answers,frown,dreadful,time,recall
unworthy
A contest entry
- Dragon Book Of Verse by Errant Panther.
490 points, ended May 27, 12 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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beautiful - and expressed with such eloquence - definitely deserving of the gold!
Congrats and well done

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thank you so much...
I love to work with word banks..
they are so much unsaid and said all at the same time.
cheers
Grey
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Interesting format, lovely use of the given words.
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perfect, sense, lifted, crowd, answers, frown, unworthy, dreadful, time, recall. from the poem "Percival Mandeville, The Perfect Boy" by John Betjeman.
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thanks for the words.. got it done.
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