broken limbs
both arms covered
in full view-
folded front unseen
crumbling corners
fully dressed-
sword and walking cane
in unnoticed embrace
shadows combine-
leaned against a tree.
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That third stanza is wonderful. Trees/shadows/embraces will get me every time.
Your little poems are like miniature paintings.
A small hallway of ecstatic ekphrastics. Again, I see brushwork.
Well done !
thanks.. the middle third isn’t quite right,
but i lacked the (resolve) to cut the sword.
what danger lurks in these woods!
This is a poem which paints a picture so indirectly–most effective!
Like:
unnoticed embrace
shadows combine-
leaned against a tree.
love “sword and walking cane”!