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The Lost Generation

Posted by EpheLuwe on August 10, 2011 - 22:45
from the ABC set Something to think about...

This poem is found on my youtube channel, at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5_Ronk1pJA

I am the lost generation
Sitting down
At my screen

I am no motion
Or sociality
Only me

Lost to all hope
Optimism has frowned
And I’m left to fend alone

I am the lost generation
An emblem of your past
Twiddling my thumbs

How long can I last?
Abandoned to all future
And forgotten

By society where none intrudes
By the deep sea
The music’s deafening roar

I am the lost generation
Where will I study?

I am the stillborn child
Of a century

Born to be violent
Born to feel oppressed

To be meager at beginnings
To bear a weakened breast

I am a lost generation
And where will I meet?
Apart from at the clubhouse

The corner of the street
Will be my dwelling place
I’m fallen from the tree

I am the unheard chronicle
Of bad company

For now
I’ll squabble over utterance
I’ll roll up in defeat

I am the lost generation
Will no-one answer me?

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Comments

Silver Spun Sand | August 11, 2011 - 08:17

Nice one, Ephraim.

You sum up the situation beautifully in the first stanza, and then continue to give your readers much food for thought, as is a 'trademark' of your poetry.

Tina

maggyvaneijk | August 11, 2011 - 10:58

Another one that gives the reader much to think about like Tina said, yet it's not preachy. There's some startling images like:

I am the stillborn child
Of a century

EpheLuwe | August 11, 2011 - 12:24

Thank you Tina.
Haha, I'm too young to have a 'trademark' I think, but I'm glad there was some food for thought there.
Likewise, thank you Maggy for your kind words too. I think it's just the honest truth.

Ephraim

RachelPatricia | August 11, 2011 - 23:23

Brilliant, Ephraim - I too love the startling imagery you've used in this and think the flow has a very rhythmic quality to it, like little angry whispers, and I like that a lot :)

Great stuff, very much enjoyed and congrats on the cherries :)

Rachel xx

the unfolding head | August 12, 2011 - 13:21

agree with Maggy about

"I am the stillborn child
Of a century"

an interesting read

EpheLuwe | August 12, 2011 - 15:49

Thank you Rachel, Head :)
I'm glad it's appreciated.

Ephraim