Colony holiday

Hear the murmur of our minds held back by

messy embarrassment, the inner workings

of a child weaned on porcelain bathtubs

carried under fear of lash, on withheld reason

for presumptions that were never ours, on the

Burden we took for granted in English gardens,

on cucumber sandwiches and monocle glasses

enlarging words of Royal Scandal under Frazer's

golden armchair language,-

When the Lion's black diamond roar unearths in

nights around the dwindling day of campfires

— doorman, Apr 08, 2010

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Country/Region: NOR

Critiques

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

Dear Espen

I thought this one was wonderful layers upon layers ... my mind made about five different scenarios out of this, I will be interested to hear what its about the end lines made for a great visual in my mind the lions black roar at the setting of the sun was where my mind went lol ... the dwindling day of campfires made me think of the sun as the campfire in the sky lol see what you did to my head ? colony holiday hmmmmmm you still got my mind going lol love JayCee

themoonman

16 years 2 months ago

Espen...

I must say that this write holds more than the first read of it... rich in image and language, and the burdening of "plenty", or at least that is where it took me... totally enjoyed the read and the time spent here thinking about your poem.

ziggy

16 years 2 months ago

hi espen

as deep as ever , i love the ending seemingly many layers to this which is what gives your poetry such interest i mentioned lions also in my last post lol it must be in the air, cheers ,,,,,zigs

panaella

16 years 2 months ago

Merchant-Ivory tableau...

Helo Espen, Ohhh...this is rich... Marvellous imagery. Love this! I also get an archaic quality in this...like a set Edwardian, Merchant- Ivory tableau. Ells x

doorman

16 years 2 months ago

Ladies and gentlemen

Thank you all for the time you gave this write. A sincere pleasure to hear you got something out of it. Yours, Espen.

Ross Hamilton Hill

16 years 1 month ago

Dear doorman

also liked it, wanted more,