Today, I gave myself a challenge to write a poem about an abstract concept without saying anything that openly relates to the concept... and using a theme that doesn't seem related.
So, I have a challenge for you. I want to see if anybody can figure out the answers to any of these questions:
1. What is the poem really about?
2. What is the hidden "theme" in it.
3. What other things can you pick out from the poem that relate to the meaning of the poem?
Basically, I wanna see if anybody knows what the poem is about and what they are using to guess the meaning. Please just guess... even if you have no clue what you are writing about.
Send me an email at signoflovexo@gmail.com (or if you have my email address with "Listerine" in it, use that one; I don't want to post it publicly.) with the subject: "Blog Contest" on it. You can also leave me a message on Facebook if you prefer.
If you don't wanna guess, please leave feedback anyway. I'll post some of the most interesting answers and my favorite feedback on the poem here later!
Have a great day everybody!
Not the sky in the noontime sun
nor the bloom of the forget-me-not
But the granite rock of the mountain top
impossible to climb.
Coal streaks across the face
its smoke billows in the atmosphere
The clouds that carry the hurricane's rain
The soot and ash that remains
when the flame no longer burns.
The midnight not flecked with stars
Ghastly flesh in its stillness
hidden from light beneath the soil
The crystal trickles:
the panes of the windows to the soul.
And the metallic sterling
brings with it the rainbow
and its crimson band.
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