Snow draft 1
Writing about web page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM7LrsIhWqc&feature=related
Today I wrote a first draft of a poem inspired by the recent snowfall. I first thought of this while travelling on a train from Coventry to Newcastle before Christmas. The fields were white and silent, and we went past a power station in Yorkshire (not Drax).
Also check out Wallace Stevens reading his 'The Snow Man' on YouTube. I hope you can see some similarity.
Again, the formatting's a bit rubbish. Each sentence starting with a capital letter signifies a new verse.
Snow, draft 1
Shadows frozen in amber
on a canvas of seasons
fringed in barbs,
laced with transparent brilliance.
Towers sigh in globes,
crowns grow and fade
on angelic giants
resisting Winter’s blockade.
Radiant berries, proud beaks
defiant of snow and frost,
fanfares striking out
at life silent and lost.
Fur of fire
fuelled by hunger,
patrolling sleeping skeletons
shrouded in moon blue.
Echoes of a presence
disturbs the darkness
and agitates shadows
before returning again to stillness.
Ali
Like it lots. Enjoyed ready it. Lovely soupy words. The only thing I like a little less is the last line for some reason!
06 Jan 2010, 18:48
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