Frigid conversation

sorenbarrett

Here it is told that it only rains cold, stark and black are the clouds
Memory's warm ray set with the day, now lay shadows of gallows as night's shrouds
Dark is the night, stark is the plight, hope condemned to a hangman's fate
Cut out its tongue, having bled out its lung, no breath remains for debate

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  • Teddy.15

    For your imagery alone this is a kudos but speaks so loudly in this new dawn of weirdness of our world today. Brilliant on so many levels. 🌹

    • sorenbarrett

      Thank you Teddy for your read, I know that this one is a little cryptic but so is conversation now days. Your support is always most encouraging and appreciated my friend.

    • Lorenz

      Inspiring conversation for a frigid climate of nothingness ...

      • sorenbarrett

        Thank you Lorenz for your read and interpretation it is always most appreciated

      • David Wakeling

        A very powerful poem. For me it represents the inevitabilty of Death and we are all on death row. Wonderful poem

        • sorenbarrett

          Thank you David for your review and interpretation and yes when I wrote it I had in mind a type of death indeed it could be temporal and mortal as well. Your support is most appreciated.

        • Poetic Licence

          A sense of impending doom and death, question being do we go quietly or do we try to change it, enjoyed the read

          • sorenbarrett

            Thank you Tobani for the read and comment. Yes to each his own some surrender some fight. Appreciate the support my friend

            • Poetic Licence

              You are very welcome

            • Tristan Robert Lange

              Powerful, my dear friend. This poem punches in all the right ways. I know of what it speaks and its message works on multiple levels. Profound poetic truth. Well done, Soren! 🌹👏

              • sorenbarrett

                Thank you Tristan for your most generous words of support and kind encouragement. It is most appreciated

                • Tristan Robert Lange

                  You are most welcome, Soren!

                • Tony36

                  BRAVO

                  • sorenbarrett

                    Thank you so much Tony

                    • Tony36

                      You're welcome

                    • orchidee

                      Good write SB. I of course don't get many of the cryptic meanings! lol.

                      • sorenbarrett

                        Thanks Orchi appreciate that tomorrow I will post one that is more direct.

                      • Mottakeenur Rehman

                        Haunting and vivid—your imagery chills to the bone. A masterpiece of despair, beautifully bleak.

                        • sorenbarrett

                          Thank you so much for the read and comment. Sorry for the delay in response. Your words are always most valued

                          • Mottakeenur Rehman

                            You are very Welcome 🙏

                          • arqios

                            A resonating poem wherein Silence does not mean absence, and despair does not mean permanence. We are still here, and that means something. And even in the coldest moments, warmth is never truly beyond reach. We are not alone in this.🙏🏻🕊️

                            • sorenbarrett

                              Sorry Cryptic for the delayed response but thank you so much for the review and understanding comment

                              • arqios

                                No worries, Soren… things still get buried in “paperwork;” a known occurrence 🕊🙏🏻

                              • teardrop

                                My reply got deleted. I read this 3 times. Excellent write!

                                • sorenbarrett

                                  Thanks so much for the review and kind words of support and encouragement. Excuse the delayed response it was somehow overlooked

                                • Goldfinch60

                                  I life today soren there are so many questions that are answered with different answers, what can we believe in this world.

                                  Andy

                                  • sorenbarrett

                                    Thank you so much Andy for your response and excuse the delayed response.

                                  • Paul Ramnora

                                    Wow! Remarkable writing...had to read that, twice...very strong stuff. 😉

                                  • Paul Ramnora

                                    I still I can't believe that the poem is so 'short'...; yet, comes across as being extremely powerful.
                                    It kind of makes me think that anybody could choose their own style of poem...be it one line/two lines/three lines/four...;
                                    and, just make that into being their own strict rule...; then, build up going from there...by writing more and more such poems;
                                    eventually, one hopes one would be a 'master' of such a style.

                                    • sorenbarrett

                                      Thank you so much for your review and for your kind words. I am no expert on styles there are numerous that I use. Sonnets, Villanelles, Limericks, Soliloquies, Free verse, Acrostic on and on but the poem itself dictates the stylle. Pick what you want you won't go wrong if you feel it.

                                      • Paul Ramnora

                                        Yes, indeed, and, very well said:
                                        >>
                                        you won't go wrong if you 'feel' it



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