House Of Shouts

estates...

Underclass;a running box that middles

           the center of a(not)living room.

Kidney table;an African girl beams down

             into the smoke,

             into ashtrays of burnt souls.

Faces full of thin beer admire

             the box lights of the estate,

             double binds, grins

             and hopless rutting.

Far ; the flat black of the fields

      owls and air, silence.

                  

Reviews

[Coyote Song]

Powerful imagery. This one really stands out. Impressive write.

[Tina Kline]

From reading the reviews it seems your poem speaks to different people on a level they can relate o in their life situations or what they know which makes your poem an even stronger one. it doesn't leave your readers wanting. Fantastic work here.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

wow with all going on about the confederate flag in south Carolina, etc. such a poignant piece about what certain symbols represent...estates, the classes, then the free fields of silence....

excellent write.

j.

[Leslie Philibert]

A bit ambigious, I know, I meant housing estates in Europe, with all the cliches of cheap art and 50s
furniture, but it could apply to the US too !

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and the universal application makes it a fine poem, relatable to many readers for different reasons.

that is good poetry...

[Valentine]

Does this refer to the plantations of yesteryears south or something happening in your own country? Valentine

[Leslie Philibert]

Probably a bit ambigious, I meant post war housing estates, but I hope its universal !

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I may be way off beam here Leslie but this dark picture took me to the plantations of the 'deep south' and the living conditions and atrocities that befell slaves. A profound piece that leaves an aftershock!

[Leslie Philibert]

Actually, I did mean post war housing estates on the edge of big towns, so maybe I`ll need to sharpen this one up !

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Perhaps not Leslie. I saw that meaning too, as in estates. Then I guess the African reference and the country references took me to estates as in plantations.