Picture Window

By MikeShank1989

A framed pane stained from strained pain
A child tapping until the panel rattles your brain
An attic skylight feigning photosynthesis
Dramatic high flight, you fell short though Icarus
Refraction, frantic fractal attraction
Fragile faces, forced framed fractions
And though the sun may dust the pages on my writer's desk
The sight through the window to my mind's eye is hardly picturesque

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Published on Sunday, May 5, 2013. Filed under: "Poetry"

Author's Note:

I wrote this for a contest on another site.

Comments on "Picture Window"

On Thursday, August 1, 2013, Fallenfromgrace (103) wrote:

I love all of your poems, but for some reason this one really speaks me.. maybe it was prison.. looking out the windows there.. Idk.. but this is really good. 10/10
A former member wrote: Kinetic wordplay here. Exciting stuff!
On Monday, May 6, 2013, FadedBlues (2096) wrote:

...cool craftwork & images, Mike. the amazing things we might find, peeking into someone's imaginarium...
On Sunday, May 5, 2013, Devilish (2633) wrote:

Fucking brilliant poet. you amaze me every single time you post.. your vocabulary is out of this world.
On Sunday, May 5, 2013, MikeShank1989 (92) wrote:

Thanks a ton Dev. I have a piece called "Small Things Cost the Most." I'd love some feedback on it.