10-05-2011, 11:16 PM
I was trying a slightly different style with this one, so any feedback in this little foray would be welcome!
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This is the middle, they say,
where the West meets the East.
A simple hill, parched
and swelled in sepia
golden and browns
under a tardy summer’s
violent scorch,
crumbling trees,
and all the grass’s green bled out.
One would think,
indeed, upon the divide:
that there was nothing much to see.
But beyond, all shimmering,
and glistening in
miniature
towering hives protrude,
mirroring shards of the Indian sun.
The gun-metal citadel,
whose chrome and glass lines
have softened in the desert
haze, so thick
it’s slurping.
Below on the straw,
the sweltering mass are itching.
A swathe awash, in juices
squeezed, and sluiced,
and flowing
in their own decadence.
A city erupted, burst forth
to pool and moulder
In this strangers heat
where the West
meets the East.
So come join them,
revel, and drink in the middle of time
where they say the tick of the clock
met its tock.
But be sure to bring your camera.
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(In reference to Greenwich park I suppose)
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This is the middle, they say,
where the West meets the East.
A simple hill, parched
and swelled in sepia
golden and browns
under a tardy summer’s
violent scorch,
crumbling trees,
and all the grass’s green bled out.
One would think,
indeed, upon the divide:
that there was nothing much to see.
But beyond, all shimmering,
and glistening in
miniature
towering hives protrude,
mirroring shards of the Indian sun.
The gun-metal citadel,
whose chrome and glass lines
have softened in the desert
haze, so thick
it’s slurping.
Below on the straw,
the sweltering mass are itching.
A swathe awash, in juices
squeezed, and sluiced,
and flowing
in their own decadence.
A city erupted, burst forth
to pool and moulder
In this strangers heat
where the West
meets the East.
So come join them,
revel, and drink in the middle of time
where they say the tick of the clock
met its tock.
But be sure to bring your camera.
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(In reference to Greenwich park I suppose)