Brief Candle
“Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow”
Macbeth, William Shakespeare.
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| Death of Lady Macbeth Kerry O'Connor @skyloverpoetry |
Never was night so stripped
of its own illusions,
never the lambent stars
such needle points of ice,
as now in this fatal hour
past indecision.
This is no false step
I take upon the parapet
but perhaps I am a curiosity to you:
in my full and naked power,
nothing left to lose.
The horizon is at my feet.
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This poem is written using words from my Skylover Wordlist for December.
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| #skyloverwordlist |
If anyone would like to join me in writing poetry from this list of words, and would like me to read and comment on their post, please paste the link to the post in the comments below or you can tag me on Instagram.
1) Yay! You’re word-listing!
ReplyDelete2) That is a mighty powerful poem, my dear. The last six lines gave me some serious chills.
3) Love you. <3
Now there are two awesome listys. ;-)
DeleteI love you too. Thank you for the poems you wrote for this word list. Yes, I am going solo with a list or two.
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Yes, a mighty powerful write ... paired with your gift of an original “Kerry” ~~ As the Garden comes to a close I imagine many followers will want to get a few more poems written! December is a busy time, I am going to make time for writing when I can!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Helen. December is busy but also a good time to reflect and catch up with oneself.
DeleteThe words dance beautifully to the song of that image
ReplyDeleteThank you, Samyuktha.
DeleteWow, Kerry, such strength in nothing left to lose, the horizon at your feet. Fantastic writing. And yay, re the word list.
ReplyDeleteSometimes, one must just close one's eyes and jump!
DeleteBeautiful job with the list, Kerry. That last line is powerful.
ReplyDeleteI am still working on mine!
Thanks, Shay.. and thank you for taking up the offer to write from the list.
DeleteHere's mine! (Don't delete it!) ;-)
ReplyDeletehttps://fireblossom-wordgarden.blogspot.com/2019/12/future-imperfect.html
... Can't find the delete button anywhere!
DeleteThank you, Shay. I am off to read your response right now. Very excited to see what you will create.
A very compact and powerful piece, Kerry, which has the effect of everything wrung out from a heart that can drip--and a fine illustration to accompany it.
ReplyDeleteI have somehow magically been able to write something for your list, though all my tools are a bit rusty:
Another Fall
For some reason, my link seems dead, and also Shay's? Anyway here is my full link again:
Deletehttps://versiscape-lifesentences.blogspot.com/2019/12/another-fall.html
Hi Joy! I am so glad that these words gave you inspiration. Sorry about your link. I followed Shay's quite easily in the https format. So thrilled to read your poem.
DeleteHi gals, I scribbled something as an exercise. It likely needs a lot more work.
ReplyDeletehttps://stardreamingwithsherrybluesky.blogspot.com/2019/12/with-spirit-sore.html
Thank you so much for joining in, Sherry. This makes me very happy.
DeleteThank you for this intelligent word list! Here is my link:
ReplyDeletehttps://kanzensakura.wordpress.com/2019/12/05/the-chef/
Thank you, Toni!
DeleteNothing left to lose...poor Lady McBeth. She mos def had nothing to lose and therefore, had the strength to give her all. She has become the sun, the moon, the stars with the horizon below her, at her feet.
ReplyDeleteOh, I love your final sentence in this response.. gives me chills.
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