Saturday, April 29, 2006

at end of day

at end of
day

pages
turn
and close
gently, gently

brilliant
incomprehensible
day

garlands
of faces
gems
ripe
falling

soft eyes
smiling
windless
whisper

rainbow fading
train
receding

mind closing
eyes
opening

sight
bright
infinite

thought
fading

no
longer
needed

2 Comments:

Blogger Lee said...

I love this poem. Everything you've done here is wonderful! There are so many things I enjoy about it.

First of all, the structure works so well! The one word lines and the simplicity add to the tone beautifully. As I read down the length of this poem I feel as though I'm descending from wakefulness into the land of dreams.

I also love your use of tense, "falling" "smiling" "fading" "receding" "closing" "opening". It makes me feel as though this poem is happening to me as I read it!

I dug your idea of "mind closing/ eyes/ opening" "thought...no longer needed". That's a very cool idea that you captured really well.

I could go on and on about this one. This is definitely one of my favorite peices you've done.

Wednesday, May 3, 2006 at 2:38:00 AM EDT  
Blogger MB said...

Ahh. Nicely done!

Friday, May 5, 2006 at 8:04:00 PM EDT  

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