Sunday, November 12, 2006

The echo of clocks


We will write till
the waters are gone

Till parched
the earth submits to sun
and wind
to
becomes lifeless barrens

The dry stalks of humanity
will wilt
wither and brittle

Browning in the baking heat
feet blistered and broken
to fall at last



become
the dust

create the dust

We will write
when we are memory
imprints
left on the skin of dead land

A rusted steel girder
jutting out of the ground

A leaflet
blown widder shins
across the aching plains

Our legacy
the still no air will bring

We will write
till the ink has become time
only marking the passing
the ending held in

the echo of clocks


12 comments:

Ashley said...

hello my friend. once again beautiful work as always. sorry that it took me so long to post. but i have been really busy okay gonna let ya go know. love ya

-kora

Chris Never said...

Hello Kora, glad to know you are around and ok, hope school is not too hard at the moment.

Be well.

burning moon said...

far out buddy. this is great!

Tell me ... is the aliteration in this deliberate? I mean, did you stop to choose words that fitted, or did it just pop out like that?

Chris Never said...

Moon, have you ever known me to do anything deliberately with my poetry?

Perish the thought lol

No, its just how my mind works.

I suspect some people think in certain patterns,a subconscious rhythm I suppose.

burning moon said...

I just wondered, because it's not something I do deliberately either, but people comment sometimes as though I have thought about it and chosen those words deliberately. I sometimes wonder about how other people write ... whether it is that deliberate for them.

Chris Never said...

I have been accused? *probably not the right word*, of the same thing, oh your assonance or resonance or alliterations are really good etc, but its all subconscious for me, and you by the sound of it.

Sound is really important to the poem, the flow, if it sounds right when you say it, it works much better.

That’s why I don’t like a lot of the poetry I read these days. You read the words, and while yes the images may be fresh, or the language unique, it is jarring to read, it doesn’t resonate with me when I read it, too rough, not smooth sounding, lacks the flow I guess.

Ashley said...

I know that mine just comes to mind i really don't think about it and if i do try and think about it, it doesn't sound right to me.

so is mine flowy or jaring to read, please be honest... i just write what comes to mind honestly...

okay toodles.

burning moon said...

do you have the URL for your blog Kora? I can't access your profile and I've lost the link.

Anonymous said...

www.crimsonrosepoetry.blogspot.com

burning moon said...

Thanks Kora. Your writing does seem to flow very nicely.

Chris Never said...

Hi Kora,Im with the Moon, your poetry has a nice flow to it.

Anonymous said...

just checking because i don't want anything i write to be forced or choppy if it is. let me know and i will try to fix it. Okay?