because the world can do without
#1
In response to dukealien's picture and poem "Hanging Bottle" which can be found here.

I wrote this poem at least 3 years ago, and it has already been work-shopped (which is why I'm posting it here instead). A poem is never too old for comments and opinions, though Wink


because the world can do without

There stood a tree-
the ugliest tree in the neighbourhood.
No leaves or shades of colour,
just brown and broken, withered branches.
Hanging spirits would sway with cold wind
like the glass bottle tied to thin string.

They axed down the tree today;
old grass grows prettier empty.
These fragments I have shored against my ruins
Why then Ile fit you
-T.S. Eliot (The Wasteland)

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#2
I like the simile that finishes the first stanza the most Smile im curious where you're from? Noticed you spelled colour but not neighbourhoodTongue
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#3
(01-05-2016, 10:55 PM)Weeded Wrote:  I like the simile that finishes the first stanza the most Smile im curious where you're from? Noticed you spelled colour but not neighbourhoodTongue

Wow, I can't believe I never noticed that before. I'm Australian. Excuse the brief disorientation. Nobody has ever pointed out this inconsistency to me!
These fragments I have shored against my ruins
Why then Ile fit you
-T.S. Eliot (The Wasteland)

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#4
Point for pigpen, ur old workshop slackin lol jk Wink
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#5
OH, I love this piece. I can almost feel the cold wind on my face as I stare at the tree, hearing spirits whispering around it's dead branches. I hate that they axed it down! 

This poem painted a very clear picture for me! Your words turned something ugly and dead into something beautiful and alive for me. Thank you for sharing it. Smile

TB
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