Graffiti

[Benjamin]

where life sweeps past like a torrent of wind

high in the trees, while the forest floor is static.

And Midwich Cuckoos on street corners,

stare at the

anaconda throng

who stare right back, with nickel-plated eyes and ears.

And they slither through the concrete habitat, where

neon skies reflect

a cold sun

to the aggressive sound of rap.

[tonyv]

I'm always impressed with the quality of our members' work, Benjamin. I find it very inspiring how you've taken a cross-section of an urban moment and distilled it into this compact verse. This is poetry.

 

Tony

[Benjamin]

Thanks Tony. I could have rambled on from Ephesus and Pompeii, to Tikal in Guatamala; spoke of vivid scrawls upon the walls: unexpurgated evolutuion, urban art, cartoons, curses, comments, ads for prostitution. Stencils, sprays, turf wars and legacies in wet cement--yambombing or how Lysdexia Lures K.O. Even an absolution of the mind. But there's enough to chew on already so I'll leave it alone. :icon_sunny: Benjamin

Edited June 1, 2011 by Benjamin

[abstrect-christ]

nicely done indeed ben.

[JoelJosol]

The poem appeared to me as a collage, shifting from one thought to another. I have to look up Midwich Cuckoo to get the context as well.

[Benjamin]

Hello Joel.Thanks for reading and leaving comment. The Midwich Cuckoos is a famous novel by John Wyndham which was made into a film, "The Village of the Damned". The allusion is to the alien children with a collective intelligence, who operate outside the parameters of normal human behaviour.Benjamin.

[eclipse]

Hello Joel.Thanks for reading and leaving comment. The Midwich Cuckoos is a famous novel by John Wyndham which was made into a film, "The Village of the Damned". The allusion is to the alien children with a collective intelligence, who operate outside the parameters of normal human behaviour.Benjamin.

 

this is very good-thanks