Cobblestone Sandglass (from Open 6, revised)

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Open Poetry #22

Cobblestone Sandglass (from Open 6, revised)

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

0 posted 2002-10-04 05:38 PM

These cobbles outgrow vision,
past the shadows of sun.
Dirt in claps and prints from soles
marking everyday journeys.

The stones stand, stain and blanch.
They dry and crack for new rain.
Then to whisk their steam to the sky.
Falling, a moment defined.

Why a watch in rest does not
grow heavier with time.
Leaves will fall, skitter and brown.
Time weighs weary. Nothing.

Water scrawls the street in scents,
wets the cobbles' shining heads.
A trail is weathered by its roots.
Hours still are marked by bells.

If time were given currency,
its pinwheel gears would surely break.
Stretching low across the stones
as if to smell the coming evening.

caterina
Member

since 2002-07-25

Posts 188
Canada

1 posted 2002-10-04 05:58 PM

I really liked this poem and my favorite stanza was

These cobbles outgrow vision,
past the shadows of sun.
Dirt in claps and prints from soles
marking everyday journeys.

Beautiful.

caterina

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

2 posted 2002-10-04 06:45 PM

Thank you, caterina.

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