Amber
Undreamt worlds passed you
Forest floors gave birth to huts
Crops-walls rose and fell
Men decayed their bones
Bleached by the sun became one
With tawny ash-rock
A subtle honey
-trap its delicate embrace
Held you like lovers
Pressed deep into earth
Fly who walked with dinosaurs
A million years? More?
Pulled from soft darkness
Beneath vagaries of cities
You burn in candles
Your secrets-adorn
milky throats-ears Of course you
Will never say more
Of sun-air-wind-rain
Or love For flies have no words for-
immortality
Forest floors gave birth to huts
Crops-walls rose and fell
Men decayed their bones
Bleached by the sun became one
With tawny ash-rock
A subtle honey
-trap its delicate embrace
Held you like lovers
Pressed deep into earth
Fly who walked with dinosaurs
A million years? More?
Pulled from soft darkness
Beneath vagaries of cities
You burn in candles
Your secrets-adorn
milky throats-ears Of course you
Will never say more
Of sun-air-wind-rain
Or love For flies have no words for-
immortality
posted by Sue hardy-Dawson at 8/20/2006 02:06:00 PM
15 Comments:
Here is the result of a lvely hot summer day in a field my favourite kind boo hoo!
LUXURIOUS! I felt as if I could touch this lovely substance. Magical!
Amber is my favourite stone Russel I think because of how it is formed.
I love the look of Amber. Upon seeing it, my thoughts become trapped there.
This is a beautiful narration to give my mind a guided tour into the mystery.
A sumptuous read for those fleeting sun kissed days of summer lust and forgotten daydreams when all the intrusion that's required comes from a sublime buzzzzzzzz.
I particularly like that third stanza, Sue. It expresses so much of what I feel about the stone. Nicely done!
"Of sun-air-wind-rain
Or love For flies have no words for-
immortality"
Loved these lines the most though the whole made it perfect.
good poem...
d.c. was ok...
thanks for asking!
Imagery rich, like the honey golden subject of this wonderful poem!!
buzz bizz risbizzzzz.
the above is fly speak for immortality.
Lovely poem. How is amber formed then? Was it made in prehistoric factories by hundreds of little worker flies?
Very nicely done! Enjoyed reading it :)
Summer holidays nearly over-
Q-neetee thank-you
Nick unfortunately it was one of the last and summer has been chilly and cloudy here
Mb it is a wonderful and amazing thing
Free Spirit nice to hear from you
Kai glad you enjoyed it
Pat thank-you
CJ if only I'd known
Roger I think it was thousands of prehistoric trees
Prmod thank-you
Every word placed exactly where it should be. Well done!
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