The Speed Of Dark // Eclipse
By Caldwell
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No clock can measure, no hand can stay,
The speed of darkness eats the day.
Like Magritte’s sky of feathered night,
It swallows sun, eclipses light.
Stairways twist in Escher's maze,
Where shadows bend and time decays;
The dark descends in downward flight,
And folds the world in quiet blight.
No sacred hour, no god’s embrace,
Can guard us in this border’s space.
The winds unhinge their restless cries,
And stars dissolve in shifting skies.
What draws this blackness ever near?
A force that neither bends nor veers.
It rushes fast as light retreats,
Unwinding worlds with silent feats.
In Wayeb’s grip, the darkness grows,
And where it ends, no mortal knows.
It creeps along like night’s disguise -
A swift deceit before our eyes.
Yet there beneath the waning moon,
We hold our breath and wait for noon.
For time will turn, and light restore
The world to what it was before.
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"A Continent Is Bridged", an illustration by Franklin Booth from Wikimedia's Creative Commons.
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Just a ray of light defeats
Just a ray of light defeats darkness immediately! Rhiannon
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Congratulations, this is our Pick of the Day, 28th October 2024
Unforced rhyme, perfect scansion, vivid imagery and carefully chosen words: this is how rhymed poetry is done. That's why it's our Pick of the Day today.
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I wish I could rhyme like
I wish I could rhyme like this! Have you been reading Shelley and Blake? I loved :
"What draws this blackness ever near?
A force that neither bends nor veers.
It rushes fast as light retreats,
Unwinding worlds with silent feats"
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I agree with Ewan, there are
I agree with Ewan, there are no forced words, each flows beautifully with intent. The poetry is musical, tempo held throughout.
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Goodness! But this is good;
Goodness! But this is good; and as has been said a technical tour de force, but also, of great lyrical beauty; I can only offer the ultimate compliment - I wish I'd composed this!
Dougie Moody
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total eclipse
Real poetry! beautiful! faster than the speed of night!, and total eclipse of the heart!
Those were the days! All the best! Tom
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This is our Poem of the Week!
This is our Poem of the Week! Congratulations!
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