Michael Edwards

THREE PICTURES PAINTED

 

 

THREE PICTURES PAINTED

 

The burning embers

emit their glow

and dry the shoes and fustian folds

of elderly men

who sup their ale

surrounded by the wood smoke curls.

 

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A rainbow peers

through leaded glass

and light beams rain

in slanted straws

with hand outstretched

I catch them in

my open trembling palm.

 

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The sweeping waves

Pound granite shores

Their limestone crescents

Reaching out

To smoky skylines

Underneath

The threatening ructious skies.

 

 

 

 

 

As in music a tone poem is a descriptive piece in one movement/verse.