The Lost Generation

Cherry

By EpheLuwe

Wed, 10 Aug 2011
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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

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
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

 

Submitted by EpheLuwe on
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

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Submitted by maggyvaneijk on
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

 

Submitted by RachelPatricia on
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

Submitted by the unfolding head on
agree with Maggy about "I am the stillborn child Of a century" an interesting read

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Submitted by EpheLuwe on
Thank you Rachel, Head :) I'm glad it's appreciated. Ephraim

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