as one stage empties
slow shuffle exit
another curtain will
rise
waiting for that spark
an instant in time
silent explosion
within
stylus on rock face
outline of past forms
a mountain's sudden
call
as eagle marks
still moments
above a darkened
gorge
brooding dawn
fights clouds'
urgent
cries
and man's spirit
lifts high and
at last
flies
free
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Dec 2, 2016
Dec 2, 2016 at 2:42 PM UTC
as one stage empties
slow shuffle exit
another curtain will
rise
waiting for that spark
an instant in time
silent explosion
within
stylus on rock face
outline of past forms
a mountain's sudden
call
as eagle marks
still moments
above a darkened
gorge
brooding dawn
fights clouds'
urgent
cries
and man's spirit
lifts high and
at last
flies
free
- - - - - -
Sometimes poems don't easily flow for a time. Perhaps we are trying to have each one just perfect. This off the cuff poem arose spontaneously and is dedicated to Kamala from poetfreak.com (ending 31/12/16) who has wonderful talent. This is my welcome poem to him if he finds his way here:
Take care - you are a brilliant poet - it sits there waiting for that spark - a turn of the head, a cloud formation, a child's sudden laugh on distant wind, the roar of a river...
an eagle soaring steady, ominous, yet beautiful - as a sullen dawn over a brooding sea - ah! I feel it stir in you - it is there...
for you are a true poet, my friend, so let it fly free...!
I found this pic on Flickr to accompany this post - it's worth viewing: https://www.flickr.com/photos/visbeek/4079078904/in/photolist-GGYAEj-zPqzkH-C6vKbQ-tUkRHr-tBTyRn-tBTyre-u5ffKz-sXjLhh-7dsm3C-nNmfSZ-5XmwwH-nJcEhR-GRkyQQ-rAKyje-6hfKbn-9RWR7c-aZugaB-cYE9bm-96nk4X-5TS2fP-tUtcM6-s51CHE-tpkJAo-tvC4gD-uvYmuC-xQijbn-tLgSWL-syvu
