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Open Poetry #12

polished chrome dreams

Effigy
Member

since 2000-04-11

Posts 486
disbelief

0 posted 2001-02-21 03:22 PM

Big wheel dreams.
Behind a neglected shanty
polished chrome gleams
on the old forgotten Chevy.

The tires hidden by uncut grass,
a decal on the windshield proclaims
Ford can kiss his white ass.
Oh yea…there’s airbrushed flames.

Flames on that baby are, burning
rusted metal and apple-pie red.
The old man laughed with visions
of driving playing out in his head.

He wasn’t so old yesterday
twenty years younger it seems.
But there is certainly no damn way,
he is old, not in his wildest dreams.

Young is hard to see in his eyes
It hides and plays its little tricks
It seems to be so easy to disguise
maybe that is how it gets its kicks.

[This message has been edited by Effigy (edited 02-21-2001).]

ParisGrl
Senior Member

since 2000-06-01

Posts 610

1 posted 2001-02-21 03:50 PM

Effigy,

I love this! Keep up the good work!

~Laura~

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

2 posted 2001-02-21 03:58 PM

I enjoyed reading this...perhaps a 55...James

NC
Member

since 2001-02-20

Posts 89

3 posted 2001-02-21 04:39 PM

nice work, Effigy
enjoyed reading this one

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

4 posted 2001-02-21 05:09 PM

Time flies by way too fast yet, many don't accept the fact that it has and they keep their mental position....this is a wonderful write!

The poet is like a cocoon; in him the caterpillar of the past finds rest, and from him the butterfly of the future emerges.

Effigy
Member

since 2000-04-11

Posts 486
disbelief

5 posted 2001-02-21 08:19 PM

thank you. I'm glad that everyone enjoyed.

forne_marin
Member

since 2004-04-13

Posts 140
Spartanburg, South Carolina

6 posted 2004-05-04 11:30 AM

This is so different from your usual fare, but I enjoyed it. A good write.

I believe the most important component of a poem is rhythm. Rhythm is the heartbeat of a poem. It is what makes poetry poetry.

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