evening, honfleur

By Armand

(this poem was inspired by the 1886 oil painting by George Seurat)

I walk in the final glow
Of fading sun
Along the shadows of stationary
Planks of rotted wood
And rusted nails
That barely support the weight
Of the stray dogs that roam the area;
And evening fills the air
With silhouettes against the sky
That heed the murmur
Of distant waves
Between the grace and the slime
Of shimmering chips
Of broken six pack glass
That trap the memories
In a ghetto of paradise.
And I am a stranger who writes the epitaph
For nameless faces of fallen prey
To the Angels of Darkness
Who twist and turn in the breeze
Of a slow and painful death
As they watch the gentle waves
Break at the shoreline
Between the trash and graffiti
And the salty mist
That blends with the tears
They never knew were there
When evening could last a lifetime
In noble minds of innocense lost.

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  • Kinkypoptart On Tuesday, April 18, 2006, Kinkypoptart (555)By person wrote:

    It's as thought i'm looking at the painting with my very own eyes. I love it. ~*~Tart~*~

  • A former member wrote: Remarkable –you got all that from a painting

  • NikesRain On Thursday, September 23, 2004, NikesRain (1298)By person wrote:

    Beautiful descriptions that repaint the original with so much more depth and character. Vivid enough to believe you can touch it all. You're talent surely is something to behold.

  • stormtalk On Thursday, August 19, 2004, stormtalk (729)By person wrote:

    A good writer with good inspiration makes for an incredible work... my favorite of yours, thus far. Grace and slime, together at last! Very original and well-written.

  • Midnight Phoenix On Sunday, May 4, 2003, Midnight Phoenix (240)By person wrote:

    I'm starting to think you could write beautiful story about a single blade of grass if given the chance. Your poems are a lesson in writing. Once again, excellent job.

  • liquid_emotion On Friday, April 25, 2003, liquid_emotion (323)By person wrote:

    that WAS a painting!! and as with cre... I was pulled through this by every word. fantastic and subtle.

  • cre On Wednesday, April 9, 2003, cre (411)By person wrote:

    So beautiful ... I just started off perusing some of your work I hadn't yet read and this pulled me right in, all the way to the end. Very lovely.

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