Fancy.
Damp-dark the ivy-cloaked walls
shutter gone days
in wraith-raising moonlight.
Voices haunt empty great halls
as spectres graze
on pregnant-rich silence.
Other world near-heard whispers
sets fancy free
to unfurl messaged echoes.
Ruins, as poets have witnessed,
already know
how relics manifest ghosts.
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Author:
Fay Slimm. (
Offline) - Published: July 14th, 2021 04:00
- Comment from author about the poem: A bit of wry tongue-in-cheek observation on poets like me - full of fancy .......... hope you enjoy.
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Comments6
I was creeped out by this - thank you Fay.
Now to try to get a good night's sleep.
Not kidding - I had very similar dreams as a child...
Oooh - do hope the read did not raise too many creepy child-hood upsets Dave - - thanks a load though for reading my bit of whimsey.
Didn't happen - can confirm a good night's sleep after all - cancel the long trip Fay, no need to come all that way to rescue me ... 😊
Tip-toeing between your words are wraith like cheeky smiles, teasing the senses, the corners of imagination - there! peeping out from behind the ivy, whispering in the echos and mostly haunting our memories.
Delightful read which dances with the nicest of half visioned whispers to tickle.
Oh what a graphic scene you paint as you step between the lines my friend. So pleased to know you liked the read and your poetic comment is greatly appreciated D.A.
Excellent write Fay. I swear the image moves as you stare at it. ; )
Ha - - Yes I thought the same re.the image A.P. and felt it just right for use as illustration for my verse today - - thanking you muchly for your visit and read.
My pleasure Fay. ; )
We all are relics of memories, fear and so on...
That we certainly are Prem - - relics built around memories seem ever a mystery - - thanks a load for your read of Fancy.
a little masterpiece Fay ... perfectly formed and pinned to the page with a very fine and light dusting of noir and casting shadows afore it ..
I am also reminded of old B&W films pf yesteryear for some reason ...
Top marks again from me .... x
Your super-worded review of my take on ghosts among ruins does much for my confidence Nev when as with Fancy I spent more time than planned on shortening and tweaking -- bless ya too for those top marks you give the result................x
Those whispers and feelings are often there to beguile us Fay, as do your words.
Andy
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