barren earth

barren earth 

does it dream? in technicolor

of vibrant flower..........

the clouds that never pause to pour

the wind that ever moves on

forever the dust

forever the lust

the unfulfilled desires

the uncalled for fate

barren earth

in its sleep, in its countless

colourless waking hours

does it weave with 

scores of scents

a deathcloth to cover 

its forever life..........

Reviews

[Max_E_Stone]

Barren earth is forever life. Wow. Beautiful

[demon_days]

Utterly beautiful! Wonderful metaphors rich with lingering and meaning. I think the poem is among your best ones yet.

[Allan Eddings]

This I enjoyed immensely, it reminds one of the immensity, the eternity, of implacable nature. That nature alone is undying. While man vain insect, exists for but a second of the infinite. I like the tenor however it is not at all depressing, and rightly so! For nothing here is for tears, for while all of man's achievements shall fade and pass, everything we are will eventually be nothing. Nature shall place fragrant copses amongst our desolate ruins and thus beauty, true beauty, shall be eternal!

I enjoyed this piece immensely for the emotions, realisations, and thoughts it elicits in the reader. I also enjoyed the fact that language was not overly superfluous, like the natural world it is describing, nothing within it is unnecessary or excessive. Bravo!

I shall have to read more of your work!
A.E.

[Leslie Philibert]

Fine poem with a beaty, hippie feeling, lots to enjoy here.

[olla]

this one has touched me..