Noontime in the South

Discussion in 'Poetry' started by ripple23, Jun 15, 2004.

  1. ripple23

    ripple23 Member

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    The days open like a smile without kisses,

    tossing about

    like the possibilities of a child

    whose eyes reach the moon in less than a step.


    The mornings were cool that stole my name

    giving only half to a finality of sound

    and others to the scents of boiling lilies


    But how lucid the summer seems

    when reflected off your dress.

    I drink from the same wells as those that kept

    the shadows that emerged to dry by your feet

    (of which there is no better offering)



    And how long since you started

    for a destination of the cold?


    the calls of formless birds make you known to the afternoons


    in a devastating hour of sun

    you came, arranging each day towards the middle.



    The wind sometimes reminds itself that nothing changes.
     
  2. Fierce_Flawless

    Fierce_Flawless Hip Forums Supporter HipForums Supporter

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    ................................no words............just awe
     
  3. skyfire

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    the last line was the best one...
     
  4. ripple23

    ripple23 Member

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    hello old friend. I have to admit I hate this 'poem' for a lot of reasons. The thing that annoys me the most about what i write is that when i read over it i can't read it like i didn't write it. I wish i could look at them like they were put together in a book by a poet i had never heard of so that i would have no bias and be able to tell if i like the writing. that would be very helpful.
     
  5. skyfire

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    hey bud...i hear ya...i usually have the same problem...lately your poetry sounds like you picked random words out of ten different conversations and put them together...they are so abstract...but they always tie in at the end, so whatever you're doing is working...look for something new from me soon...i always appreciate your comments...no one else really seems to know what they are talking about...
     
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