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Phantasmagoric Shadows

26 April 2006


Even in the dark, a shadow was still cast
even in daytime, sleep was slept
The Owl of salutation, an Eagle upon the wind
blowing bubbles in a bathtub, night unto rest

A spinning world, each turn another circle
would they know the pains deep inside
Another moment to live, months of fear
until the sun did rise, in finding warmth

An embrace, huddled together unified
this thing called love, as eyes meet in breath
As unto grace, thought battles, eternity
fire, a flickering fame, or embers a glow

For wherever there was dark
there was also day
to a knight of phantasmagoria
The rendezvous, a dream to dream
awake in the nightmare of a new day borne


phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, surreal, surrealistic -
(characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions; "a great concourse of
phantasmagoric shadows" - J.C.Powys; "the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature")

phantasmagoria - (a constantly changing medley or real or imagined images (as in a dream))


© 2006 Christopher W Herbert (a New Zealand Poet)

a poet who cares



© Copyright 2006 Christopher W Herbert - All Rights Reserved
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