image by Rick Mobbs – Mine Enemy Grows Older
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rainbowed transfers
speculums
adorn the breasts
of feathered ones
saddled backs
equestrian
constitute
the leathered ones
scaly suits
reptilian
creeping low
the nether ones
bones and teeth
calcium
museum pieces
weathered ones
here i sit
spreading bum
observing life
the tethered one
~~~
by Brad Frederiksen
August 6th, 2008 at 7:36 am
Cool. Very careful and composed poem. This picture has swept through bloggoland like a renewing breeze. Yours is the first I’ve seen that tethers the poet whilst acknowledging the flight and energy in the picture. A unique perspective.
August 7th, 2008 at 12:13 am
[...] observing life from Maekitso’s Cafe [...]
August 7th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Wow, a true poet AND a maths geek – amazing! This is really really good! Should be in the highschool curriculum (meant as a compliment!). I love it.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:35 am
wow… great perspective… the tethered one, bringing it in for a landing… and on yr bum 2… nothin like a sense of humor…
August 14th, 2008 at 7:32 am
the rhyme here works beautifully, and I do admire the way you take this through the picture so gracefully!
September 18th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Brad, with each poem you write, you best yourself and impress everyone who comes here to read your work. :) You are so damn clever my friend.
September 18th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Great poem Brad – rhythm and rhyme giving good pace and sewn up at the end with humour.
September 19th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Great poem, and I really liked the image on top of it, it is a great painting. I was thinking that you are observing life, but one that is not alive indeed. One that has not been alive for a long time, if It had been alive recentely and had traces of it, it would probably would be something disgusting for us to see. Like a corpose on it s drying process. Why is that we found that disgusting, and not the other stages of life death cycle?
September 19th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Amazing. I can feel the energy resonating from each word.