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Open Poetry #42

Decline

RogueandPoet
Member

since 2007-06-04

Posts 126
Oregon

0 posted 2008-02-11 02:08 AM

Decline

And so the bright flame
       declines
       midst the charred remnants
       of adult tedium.

Lost lumins
       in a pit
       of unrelenting
       mediocrity.

Where oxygen is wasted
       on burnt embers
       no longer capable
       of sustaining a spark.

Such is the dim glow
       that lights the
       passing of
       our flickering culture.

effjayel
Senior Member

since 2007-09-30

Posts 1474
At the Crossroads of Infinity

1 posted 2008-02-11 05:58 AM

Very powerful & emotive John, I enjoyed it...

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

2 posted 2008-02-11 07:39 AM

excellent 'write!'

I am especially fond of the ending!:

"the dim glow
       that lights the
       passing of
       our flickering culture(!)"

effective 'word-painting' of the "Runaway American Dream!"

serious applause for this 'penning!'

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2008-02-11 09:03 AM

such it is indeed

enjoyed this read

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