Perpendicular

How did that web cut a horizontal line?

From washing pole to tree

What pendulum of imagined thought

Swung it’s self into the face of me.

 

It’s so miraculous to see…

How vexed even we can be to break

These autumnal webs that prohibit me

From keeping such ill positioned keepsakes.

 

They’re so Perpendicular!

Demonstratively beautiful to the gardener

Who should envy their knot garden designs?

But god, what irritating, landmine’s.

Reviews

[rutherford]

Poem to a noble creature and a noble creation. Your piece asks how can it create such a structure on instinct alone.

[Pryde Foltz]

Nature gets things right; all we can do take notes. Another awesome, Mark.

[Mark Heathcote]

Thank you for the review here Pryde it’s much appreciated I really admire your work. ;-)

[Pryde Foltz]

Mutual admiration society then.

[The Lark]

I quite enjoyed this. Webs are such wonderful things until the moment we realize we've been caught in them.

[Mark Heathcote]

Thanks for the read and the review Lark, glad you enjoyed it. :)

[Michael X]

Not bad Mark, the originality is there, your words do provoke me to think, at the same time the meaning is a bit confusing to pin point, the ending swine's? May be a type error, but that is minor, if you keep the meaning simple, I feel this poem would be more effective, I loved the imagery, over all it's one of the best poems I have read today.

[Mark Heathcote]

It was a quickly worked creation so I’m glad you liked it in parts. :)

[Michael X]

My pleasure Mark, you have an obvious talent for writing, I look forward to reading more of your poetry, and please feel free to send me a read request any time