11-23-2014, 03:43 AM
(11-18-2014, 05:58 AM)nb Wrote: Hi all!I really enjoyed reading this and appreciated the twist at the end. The content is pretty solid, though you should definitely work on the rhythm, especially towards the end
Last week was a bad week here in the Holy Land: Lots of death, misery and extremism all around. The phrase "Demons dance in a blood-red sky" just popped into my head last Monday evening & I sat up until almost 01:00 writing a first draft.
So...
Demons dance in a blood-red sky
above the corpses where they lie,
above the lies for which they fell;
tears on Earth, delight in Hell.
Like Dover Beach and Flanders' fields
the ground a grisly harvest yields
of noxious weeds and mangled shoots,
toxic dreams and caustic fruits.
Abel walks among the stars
but it is Cain who bears the scars.
Now I understand what Ecclesiastes said, The rhythm falls off right about here. This line can be shortened, "Ecclesiastes" can be placed at the beginning
pity the living, not the dead.
Where are these demons who nimbly prance shoten
in danse macabre with quill and lance?
Dear God, dear God, they're coming nearer!
There! There! In the mirror! most of the poem follows the same rhythm, with the exception of the last stanza, feels a bit forced
Demons dance in a blood-red sky
above the corpses where they lie.
Thanks in advance for reading.
nb
