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Open Poetry #15

The mockingbird's song

poetsguild
Member

since 2001-08-12

Posts 85
Florida

0 posted 2001-08-26 07:04 PM

The mockingbird’s song

all through the night he warbles
as I set out for visions
lightening my being
drifting amidst the cumuli
he sings a wandering lyric
chiseling its tune upon my throat
in an elegant rasp
the birdsong weaving a dream
lifting me above dissolving cirrus
raining down upon myself

prisoner of ecstacy
vagary writhing on the edge
of nothingness
be still
there is no stigmata
though demons
gambol around my bed
and angels sob
they take their turns with me
rowing upstream

a temporal fugitive
the manacles’ clattering chain
affixed to corporeal ballast
chafe my wrists and ankles
meddle with my horizons
the key beyond my reach
pull me back
onto the flatness
of this world

the dead thump
of my return
does not disturb
the mockingbird

[This message has been edited by poetsguild (edited 08-26-2001).]

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

1 posted 2001-08-26 07:22 PM

quite a number of strong images here...your message would need much study for this reader to ascertain, me thinks...it seems very deep and enigmatic

Suetang
Member Ascendant

since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

2 posted 2001-08-26 09:21 PM

Such wonderful images were portrayed through your words. The title of this poem attracted me as my favourite movie of all time is "To Kill A Mockingbird".
Take care......Sue

Suetang

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

3 posted 2001-08-26 11:49 PM

PoetsGuild~
I enjoyed this read~

'angels sob
they take their turns with me
rowing upstream'

That is a tender and touching thought to me~
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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poetsguild
Member

since 2001-08-12

Posts 85
Florida

4 posted 2001-08-27 09:08 PM

Thanks for the comments - VAS, Suetang, and Marge. Glad you found something to appreciate in this bit of surreality.

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