Lauren Hynde
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Re: Xtaabay Challenges...
Erosion
Know no principle or silence--
every morning erosion robs you
of the first sun, acid light inlaid
in the metal of time -- every morning
dogs hesitate, obscure eros
before dust's speech, and bark, limpid, in the slow
economy of the clay, they bark, transfigure
the scale, the rigor of the tired
fountain -- every morning a body
unfreezes and climbs undulating the rope
of muscles (minute instruments
of commerce) -- every morning
a body among others spills upon other
sculptures of solitude --
I'll take that, if you don't mindXtaabay said:Thankyou, I'm flattered
Here's my challenge: Write a poem about "the middle of nowhere" (however it is that you perceive it--doesn't matter). I chose this topic because I thought it would be an interesting cognitive experiment This challenge is open to the first who receives and responds.
--Xtaabay
Erosion
Know no principle or silence--
every morning erosion robs you
of the first sun, acid light inlaid
in the metal of time -- every morning
dogs hesitate, obscure eros
before dust's speech, and bark, limpid, in the slow
economy of the clay, they bark, transfigure
the scale, the rigor of the tired
fountain -- every morning a body
unfreezes and climbs undulating the rope
of muscles (minute instruments
of commerce) -- every morning
a body among others spills upon other
sculptures of solitude --