Saturday, September 3, 2016

Penumbra


shafts of shadow shrink
silhouetted slants shut
downward dimming,
the greedy gleam absorbs
its shade overbearing obfuscation
mimicking migraines on maps...
veins strained, pupils peel back
in drumming dilation-
the ground groans
under the wait
of light.




Painting By George Elbert Burr (Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art) [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
Labels: , , ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Definitive

Confidence is the fear of failure overcome by intention and action. Deja vu- a memory of the future. Something indistinct. Yet distinct in a...

  • The Creative Process by e.e. cummings 1 and 2 (plus 5)
                         1. Of my Soul a street is: Preternatural Pic- abian tricktrickclickflidk-er garner of starfish Picasso...
  • From Wails to the Shuddering Sea
    When I wonder do we first think we Are welcome to the world? From the abyss of a watery womb we hear outside of Us w...
  • Pulp
    Oh bare soul                     Ink stains On white sheets                  hinting impressions of what came before                     Wit...