Prospecting
By queen beatle
- 802 reads
Something glimmers.
Nails scraped ragged
I land, crank up
the rusted mechanism
and start my parched work.
I heave up your blank slabs
blaring searchlights on the woodlice
and eager black beetles beneath
as they scarper for darker corners.
I can offer no cool dirt
no damp and heavy loam;
do I cast a shadow? If so
you find it too thin
for such tender solace.
My fingers scrabble.
The sun desiccates.
Is this what you want?
Is this?
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Congratulations, this is our Pick of the Day, 7 Oct 2024
Quality, layered poetry, have read this several times already.I expect I'll read it again, that's why it's our pick of the day. Please share on whatever social media you use, dear ABCTalers. Thank you.
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hint of a threat. how and
hint of a threat. how and what we want are a mystery?
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is this gold?
"Is this what you want? Is this?" With respect, good question!
Gold was made for going to for dreams of coming from, which with any luck will never come true.
Nolan
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I liked this very much, feel
I liked this very much, feel cruel when lifting something in the garden, turn the woodlice world upside down, had never thought of it being like being forced to confront the endless sky. How lies can be more understandable, more comforting than truth
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Poem of the Week
Complex and multi-layered, and with that belter of a question at the end, this is our Poem of the Week. Congratulations!
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Stuck with me
I have come back to this piece a number of times now. It's intriguing. I love the idea of the shadow being too thin and the question at the end. I imagine it being read by Peggy Lee in her song "Is that all there is?".
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This is our Poem of the Month
This is our Poem of the Month - Congratulations!
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