I Crafted the Orb

I Crafted the Orb

A Poem by Ron Hogan
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free verse.

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I crafted the orb
to great perfection.
I spent many hours
on this thing--
though upon seeing it,
the other gods grew jealous.
Quickly they grabbed my masterpiece,
giggling as they thought aloud
of ways to "improve" it.
At length they brought it back--
it was dented with valleys and oceans,
marred with plateaus and mountains.
Life grew, decayed, and fed upon itself.
"What do you think of it?"
one of them asked me.
I retorted,
"It is ugly."

© 2009 Ron Hogan


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A little bit of Masters, a little Stephen Crane--well, maybe a lot of Crane. Tight metaphor, tightly constructed. Very strong and well-built piece of writing.


Posted 15 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

fantastic

Posted 15 Years Ago


Wow, I really like this.
The ending is -perfect-.
I don't really know what I think of it just yet, as to meaning, but I'm lacking sleep XD I'll give it a read-over though after I've been to bed~
It has a great feel to it though, if you know what I mean. =]

Posted 15 Years Ago



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