All I've Got Left Is Time Travel No. 2
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(06-05-2022, 08:22 AM)TranquillityBase Wrote:  Words come too late
long after the wind has stilled ........perhaps just 'stasis'? Also, 'long' isn't needed since words came too late.
the broken laminations
spangled sunlight.
Words come too late
the dogs are barking
the feathered shafts come quickly......'approaching' would work better because it is in succession with barking.
stone points embedded in the hillside.

I feel like all the 'the' in this stanza is unecessary.

Buffalo scatter
surrounded by their oceanic prairie
where the Sun God rests his hands
worn rough from making mountains.

Drums sound the celebration
of hunt and conquest
of carcasses motionless
and the shouts and songs of the hunters.
The first strophe is definitely my favorite; it's abstract and visceral, but the rest follows a structure that doesn't hinder to having a connection with the first strophe. They seem like two separate entities.
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RE: All I've Got Left Is Time Travel No. 2 - by Semicircle - 06-05-2022, 08:47 AM



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