Below (The King Under The Mountain)

By Ewan

Mon, 11 Feb 2008
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I met him once;
the king under the mountain,
hiding in dark
shadows. I could not discern
a troll, or a red beard or
even Pendragon’s tattoo;

but he was king
and lived under the mountain.
Other figures -
outlines on the limestone walls -
were clear; Darby arguing
his way out of the kingdom.

A jaunty flute
under a jester’s hat and
rodent shadows.
Boys: Baldur mute and prone,
one with a lyre, one
with string, paying it out

and reeling it
in. Observing his shadow
playthings the King
repeated the riddles and
tricks to keep the dead
forever under the rock.

Certificate U
Poem
Kings Of Myth and Illusion
Miscellaneous

Comments

Submitted by Sooz006 on
I read this one through twice because it evoked a strange emotion in me. It's dark, deathly and menacing ...If it was a colour it would be charcoal or black, at the very least dark indigo ... and yet I wanted to read it as yellow. Does that make any sense or does it just sound stupid? It's the best way I can describe it. It's a deep,disturbing poem and I don't know if it's the cleverness of your writing, but it just had a very light feel to it. Lovely work.

 

Submitted by Ewan on

thank you for reading, Sooz. Your comment makes perfect sense to me. I've been assembling a few poems which refer to kings of all kinds into a collection on here, as I've just had a creative burst and now am pretty dried up. I tinker with the poems and put on an illustration where needed. I pretend it's still being creative

best

Ewan

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