we think it merely blood
and bone
this sack of us
sinew and muscle woven
beneath a thin covering
but oh! the lovely weather
lightning and thunderclap
rain and wind
that course through vein
and artery
an ocean of salty water
constrained in a bony
landscape
a breathy wind that shouts
in the dark
we are wind and sun and
rain
weather carried in a
leather pouch
small cloudbursts of
stardust and earth
8 comments:
I really enjoyed this Pauline
i like us as a mix of stardust and earth....and yeah, we are full of weather as well...i think that might be our passions...
I like the linking of the external and the internal here, Pauline. 'Weather carried in a leather pouch' - very neat as both imagery and metaphor. This works so well.
Thanks, OOTP
Brian - sometimes the words just come out right. You know about that!
Dick - thanks for your comment. It means a lot to be appreciated by a poet whose work I so admire.
You did a lovely job with this one. Love the earth and stardust reference.
Happy 2014,
jj
Your poem is visually striking. You use words that convey powerful images such as: "we are wind and sun and rain/weather carried in a leather pouch"
Many thanks.
Greetings from London.
JJ - thanks :) It makes me feel good just to think such thoughts.
ACIL - I thank you and I'm glad you liked the poem.
Beautiful! And - oh yeah.
Love being on a wavelength with you!
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