Housedown (repost from Open 5 -- my first post)

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Dark Poetry #3

Housedown (repost from Open 5 -- my first post)

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

0 posted 2002-08-08 01:20 PM

Bombs overthrow their spouting smoke.
The trees out front, made of burning boughs.
Against the charred gate, knobs of grapes.
Dashed seeded centers, the house a fallen shape.

The daylit sky outgrows its swallowed smoke.
The dusktime moon hues the glowing ruin.
Watch the rubbled hand try escape.
The window is starburst cracked, unneatly broken.

Crushed by everything that mattered to it once when,
The hand finds a penny on the sill.
The coin shines like a glassmade ring through the pane.
But copper does not absolve god's will.

WhiteRose
Member Elite

since 2002-07-23

Posts 3208
somebody's dungeon

1 posted 2002-08-08 01:25 PM

Crushed by everything that mattered to it once when,
The hand finds a penny on the sill.
The coin shines like a glassmade ring through the pane.
But copper does not absolve god's will.

Another good one squirrel. From complete destruction to the penny on the sill. From the panoramic to a thumbnail view. I like this very much.

There are a million messages,
in a million bottles,
you just have to know
which one to pull out of the ocean.

PoeticGoddessOfDepression
Member

since 2002-07-02

Posts 439
I am everywhere

2 posted 2002-08-08 01:39 PM

....hmmm.
Good.
lol.

Great poem Mikey.

WhileIWasGone
Member

since 2002-07-18

Posts 486

3 posted 2002-08-08 03:38 PM

What a poet you are....another beauty!

Enjoyed!

DeaDiAmore

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

4 posted 2002-08-08 04:21 PM

This was the cream rising to the top, before my anger over a breakup pretty much destroyed any good poems for a while.

Glad you all enjoyed, Darklings!

Anvrill
Senior Member

since 2002-06-21

Posts 710
in the interzone now

5 posted 2002-08-08 09:14 PM

Andrew Eldritch using Darkling as an insult.

And upon telling a certain ex-friend by the pretentious name of Xander (coughcough) that, he took it up to describe himself. Hmm... Yeah, I tend to avoid that word now.

The bitter boom after this was so huge, I don't think I remember this one. Sowwy! S'good.

Is this what you wanted me to be?

Moist

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

6 posted 2002-08-09 11:37 AM

glad you enjoyed, babygrrl. And yes, the poetry immediately following this can mostly be forgotten.

[This message has been edited by bsquirrel (08-09-2002 11:38 AM).]

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