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Walter Poe
Senior Member

since 1999-10-13

Posts 787

0 posted 2001-06-05 10:11 AM

I was asked on the morn
of the first day of the longest night
was it simply the hope
that surges
that bites
was it the coarse wool
with which i hide my eyes

A fair question 'twas says I
As fair as the maiden
in the sowin' room
in the storms eye

I was asked for a second
On the day i took my bride
I was lost within her eyes
For her beauty
was a memory
were men do long long to die

Still 'tis a fair question
this still says I
As I sit now in the moon shine
were all must eventual lie

Thrice was i asked in the noon
of my life
at my coranation
At my expulsion
Then at my funeral Pyre
And an answer would not come

Still the question is fair
But my mind cannot bear
I sit upon this cloud
stare out at an anxious crowd
yet remain mute as a clouds cry

The very deep did rot: O Christ!
That ever this should be!
Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs
Upon the slimy sea.

Decaflame
Senior Member

since 2001-05-11

Posts 1635

1 posted 2001-06-05 10:24 AM

I do enjoy the riddling of this, though I am left without the question,

somehow feeling as if the answer resides within....

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

2 posted 2001-06-05 10:37 AM

so, fate has pulled the wool over your eyes ... or was it hope?

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write. Philip Sidney (1554-1586) Loving in Truth

brian madden
Member Elite

since 2000-05-06

Posts 4374
ireland

3 posted 2001-06-05 04:47 PM

I was asked on the morn
of the first day of the longest night
was it simply the hope
that surges
that bites
was it the coarse wool
with which i hide my eyes

"The only interesting answers are those which destroy the questions.
Susan Sontag

Enjoyed the riddle in this, much to ponder. LOved the poem Walter.

"Build a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life". Terry Pratchett

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

4 posted 2001-06-05 05:31 PM

a riddle indeed wrapped in experience and insight.. enjoyed the flow and the read

Lone Wolf
Member Ascendant

since 2000-03-16

Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

5 posted 2001-06-05 05:39 PM

Oh, this was fabulous!! Very nice imagery and flow throughout each line, Walter. Thank you for sharing this gem with us.

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Watersign6
Senior Member

since 2001-05-25

Posts 823
Hurricane,WV

6 posted 2001-06-22 07:25 AM

thecraig
Member

since 2001-03-11

Posts 223

7 posted 2001-06-23 06:20 PM

Tempts imagination with wonder. Interesting read.

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