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The ballad of a windy Spring

Oh wind with your mighty fists,
who speaks of frozenness;
who sleeps inside her throat,
the singer's voice melts the iron
inside my bones,
melts it into a river of faces,
long ago.

Oh wind who whispers broken syllables
through young-green leaves,
weaving at unseen stars:
poets of the past, hanging bright
in their next season;
a slow waltz inside a galactic dream,
or perhaps a plot of demons.

Oh wind who moves graciously
inside tulip's hungry mouths;
whose blood did they drink,
to obtain their reddish colours?
What fires ignite your pen, what inks
drop from your loomy tongue?

About This Poem

Last Few Words: A repost.

Style/Type: Free verse

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - polished draft

About the Author

Region, Country: Veenendaal in The Netherlands, NLD

Favorite Poets: T.S.Eliot, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Rumi, Hakim Sanai, C.S. Lewis, e.e. Cumming, Tolkien, Basho, Rilke, etc etc.

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Nevel

14 years 10 months ago

hmmm, you might be right

hmmm, you might be right about the last two lines, plural is better.
Thank you for your comment, Ian
greetings,
Erwin

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scribbler

14 years 10 months ago

hi Nevel

I really enjoyed reading this.Stanza 2 is in my opinion not just the heart but the soul of this poem. !st stanza is a bit unclear in message to me, but I'm sure you will "fix" it better than I could...............scribbler PS almost forgot to say I really loved the imagery