fdelano Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 a whirling black wall finds us all in time descending willy nilly knowing not whom or what it destroys with a scythe cutting wide swaths heedless of humanity or earth a scimitar of uncaring keen brass it knows not love or sorrow happiness or anger even it devours without thought never ending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmarti1 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Vivid. The grief is almost palpable. The wall seems to be living; reads as if personified: descends, destroys, devours. Ah! Alliteration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 In that little world of long ago, ancient Greeks (and others) sought to offset oblivion, with the belief that you were immortal as long as your name was remembered; and so recited oral tradition to that effect. But these days even with expansive modern technology, the past deeds and sacrifices of many tend to be forgotten within the space of one lifetime. And it seems the only thing that truly matters is the present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdelano Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 Thank you, DC & Geoff. Someone said recently that the past is a different place. I think poetry is a different place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedalus Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Poetry is not a different place. It is the here and now. And human will is indomitable (in spite of our frail and easily-fractured bodies) never mind what drug-crazed Commies, the US Air Force, or even aliens from space may throw at us. Keep the faith. Quote Drown your sorrows in drink, by all means, but the real sorrows can swim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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