Karnak
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(02-16-2015, 06:03 AM)just mercedes Wrote:  Out of chaos the shameless gather
around death, take over neglected ground Is take the right tense, you say squatting later, so maybe taking?
and vanish as smoke, flashing
small exit signs, squatting above altars.
 
The leaden trumpet never sounds
in league with the light unknown.
In New York those twin towers showed Here, I'm not sure what the function of "those" is, maybe instead just say "In New York twin towers showed." I also think showed is a weak word, it doesn't really add much to the meaning of the poem.
faded caves, temporary shadows.
 
Yesterday deprivation arrived, diffident,
inclusive in its slow pace, out of vertical
red nights into the dark precise day
 
but indifference remains and marks everything,
the turn of a spade and those who turn it.
Definitely we all die. But mostly as memory. I like this ending, it is both finite and inquisitive, providing answers while leaving a final question.
Overall, I really enjoyed your poem, just clean up some of the diction and tense.
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Karnak - by just mercedes - 02-16-2015, 06:03 AM
RE: Karnak - by Brownlie - 02-16-2015, 06:53 AM
RE: Karnak - by just mercedes - 02-16-2015, 07:01 AM
RE: Karnak - by fromcancertocapricorn - 02-19-2015, 01:24 PM
RE: Karnak - by just mercedes - 02-19-2015, 01:55 PM
RE: Karnak - by Leah S. - 02-20-2015, 05:14 AM



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