OILS DIFFUSED

Michael Edwards

 

 

 

OILS DIFFUSED

 

Wild suppositions

Bewilderment of fancy

The dead do not stir

 

Thoughts find utterance

Hints are worse than open speech

Accents of despair

 

Unsettled by truth

Passionate lamentations

Calmed by soothing tones

 

Held in rigid grief

Convulsive respiration

Smell of oils diffused

 

Image carved in stone

Withered flowers fall to dust

Silence of the tomb

 

 

 

 

 

(Written in senryu format this was inspired by some

passages in Rookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth

 first published back in 1834)

 

 

  • Author: Michael Edwards (Offline Offline)
  • Published: December 8th, 2018 02:08
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • orchidee

    So you met Mr Ainsworth in 1834, being quite old yourself too?! A fine write and pic M.

    • Michael Edwards

      Yes - he lent me a pair of stockings.

      • orchidee

        I thought this was gonna be about oil paints getting mixed up/diffused!

      • ANGELA & BRIAN

        BONJOUR MON ONCLE MIKE ~ Brian here (its 4am Sunday in Auckland) ~ Love the watercolour with the diffused sky ! Love the odes SENRYU give unlimited scope to ones MUSE !

        The DEAD do not stir
        BUT - If they spake - t'would be
        In muted accents of despair !
        Truth unsettled - passionate laments
        Rigid grief of diffused oils intents !
        One my day image - carved in Red Sandstone*
        Shall brave the elements - while I rot in My TOMB

        Red Sandstone is a local Mineral out of which
        Liverpool Cathedral (1904) is built ~ AMEN

        Yours as always ~ BRIAN

        Please check the A & B collaboration POEM - TA

        • Michael Edwards

          Thanks Brian - love both Cathedrals in Liverpool so different yet both so interesting. Gosh its all a bit morbid today.

        • Neville

          a very impressive collection of senryu sir and of course could also be a stand alone poem in its own write, if I am not mistaken... cleverly crafted.. I am also fast becoming a fan of your water colours sir, I presume they are of your doing... Neville

          • Michael Edwards

            Thanks Neville - yes all the pictures are mine. I exhibit widely and sell across the world - currently working with an Estate Agent for their publicity blurb. Art is my first love followed by poetry when I'm not painting.

            • Neville

              I shall keep me eyes peeled then

            • dusk arising

              'Unsettled by truth'... mind blowing line.
              Oft i burn essential oils, too oft i burn the midnight oil.

              • Michael Edwards

                Currently applying oil to recent op scar - cheers dusk.



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