Prospecting

Gold cherry
Poem of the week
Pick of the Month

By queen beatle

Mon, 07 Oct 2024
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9 comments
 

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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Submitted by Ewan on

 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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Submitted by celticman on

hint of a threat. how and what we want are a mystery? 

 

Submitted by Nolan on

"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

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

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

 

Submitted by airyfairy on

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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Submitted by Caldwell on

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?".

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

This is our Poem of the Month - Congratulations!