On Dust and Kryptonite - 3WW
April 30, 2008 | Filed Under 3WW, NaPoWriMo, Poetry
Three Word Wednesday. Wonderful words, Bone. Thank you.
Empty - Highway - Ignored
Dust Storm
Empty highway, ignored
until man exercises muscleDeep throated cars
declare it theirsAir sliced by objects propels itself,
earth stands helpless in its pathCracked layers disturbed
dust rises and falls.Plants must wait for wind or rain
to cleanse their lifeline to the sunMan communing merely shakes it off,
thinking himself the lucky oneAnd forgets his lifeline to oxygen
has been caked with dust as well.MeeAugraphie
04/30/08
I intended to stop after the first stanza, but I wrote the rest… I intended to stop after the first poem, but I wrote another… My fingers readied to accept another, but I declared a full stop, until tomorrow. I can stop. I can. I can. I think I can.
Once again: Empty - Highway - Ignored
Search For Kryptonite
Ignored by all
he closed
his door of dreamsThe one he once thought
made of goldLead, it was,
and solid, through which
no glimmer could be seenHis nights had filled
with searchesJust one flaw
he sought, a pinhole
to allow dream’s entranceAnd finding none, he stepped
onto an empty highwayAnd life stretched ahead,
for it was not his end
but his beginningHe searched life’s darkened skies
for Kryptonite’s luminescent glow
and scoured the seas belowHe walked past fields of gold
and guns of lead and coldAnd stumbled on
dream’s counterpart
and wrote his life his wayEmpty memories erased and rewritten
Graphite and gum erasers became his friendMeeAugraphie
04/30/08
Thank you for reading.
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An important message in that first one. The second suggests we’re not Super at all.
Nicely done!
AnthonyNorth’s last blog post..BAR AT THE END OF THE ROAD
I enjoyed them both. Loved “deep throated cars”
Myrtle Beached Whale’s last blog post..Three Word Wednesday - Empty, Highway, Ignored - 4/30/08
I loved both. Very thoughtful verses!
Good to be back!
gautami tripathy’s last blog post..Happy to be back—3WW
Makes me wonder what #3 had to say…
My fave was #2 btw,
texasblu’s last blog post..3WW - Empty, highway, ignored
Great messages in both poems.
Ofira’s last blog post..Abandoned
holy cow i had no idea superman was a writer!!!!!!!
you just write all you want girl… your like me if i write it now,, i have to publish it now… no saved finished drafts for me!!!!!
paisley’s last blog post..predestinations paradox
The comparison of humans in their cars with the plants stays with me. A good lesson in this poem.
christine’s last blog post..nighttime enigmas, NaPoWriMo 30
Hey, these are great! What was number three?
You have some beautiful lines in these two poems! I like your precise style!
Linda Jacobs’s last blog post..Day 30 of NaPoWriMo and 3WW
I’m glad you wrote the second one: it’s my favorite
TC’s last blog post..3WW - Through the cracks
Liked both of them alike. These were my favorite lines. It’s very symbolic and effective.
‘Empty memories erased and rewritten
Graphite and gum erasers became his friend’
Medhini’s last blog post..Déjà vu
glad you kept writing.. was caught in the dust storm… krypto dreams… deep throated cars declare it theirs… Empty memories erased and rewritten Graphite and gum erasers became his friend.. words on fire…
OneMoreBeliever’s last blog post..unawares
Yes, the first obviously has a most important yet still too often ignored message.
The second was… the words were magical. True poetry.
Bone’s last blog post..The Highway