Sponsored by Workhorse, Lexington Poetry Month is an easy to use
platform for poets to publish and share their work in an attractive
way. The community is supportive and diverse, commenting and
encouraging one another throughout June. Money we raise goes
to maintaining the cost of the website and publishing the yearly
anthology. Our goals are to provide every poet (~150) a copy of
the anthology, lower printing costs, and expand opportunities
offered during Lexington Poetry Month, such as featured readings
and poetry workshops.
I recently tried to write a poem that about all-consuming darkness and got stuck trying to convey this very feeling. I love this. Very effective!
compelling on a literal as well as metaphoric level
It’s like the darkness has eyes, nose and mouth too. This haiku has a long shelf life. It really evokes something.
This is very sensoral for being so compressed!
Short, sweet and claustrophobia-inducing for me! Visceral.
the personification
of dark
brings it into
the reader
My syllable count is off in the third line.
It should be:
I stand in the dark
& feel its hand covering
my eyes, ears, nose, mouth.
excellent work
Will someone please turn on a light for me! Yikes – Kevin – how to scare in 17 syllables.
Concise and powerful!