Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Videos
Resources
Syllable Counter
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Quotes
Short Stories
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 3.22.79.2
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
Naked trees whose dilapidated bodies have outgrown the test of time shoot unseemly into the unaccommodating sky flustering as they walk by Nude trees laden with deceptive shadows waiting for the morrow Echoing a somber tune with superficial topsoil eroding from the mad earth I sat on the top of the exalted mount watching brittle trees swaying doubtfully in the motionless wind and one force would have done them in Fragile branches stick delicately form their wounded side reaching out and cracking slowly with a forceful smile while angels lament by their sides I recall the good old days when there was laughter everywhere smoke rushing out the chimneys and grandpa with his wooden axe piling up woods on the side of the stream and dragging them into the fireplace Drunken men sitting on the side of the street infuriated with exuberant laughter knocking dominoes and shouting at terrified girls parading the streets in short mini skirts. strong women in tall long skirts knocking their tambourines as the minstrel marched around in circles and unruly men with loud music sticking out their feet in fancy jeeps shouting Dry grass lay flat on the reproachable ground howling as if winter is still around As far as the naked eyes could behold green trees are floating in the horizon way beyond me but close beside me green leaves are barely sprouting on the topless trees The earth is still casting doubts as it sinks deeper into its devouring throat drenched by its painful self-inflicted wound spreading misery throughout I kept sobbing at nature's frequent disruptions and mankind useless inventions cars sliding and young men gallivanting and swearing under the dark bridge Shameful faces hang in despair holding onto to a cloud that is not there And Noah whom they say was a religious freak took one hundred and twenty years to build a ship that spared daylight out of darkness and give rise to a new moon And what of the black plague that torment millions of bones in their sorrowful graves And the Spanish flu had its impact too who knows what really brought it about Nature has sucked the life out of the earth waiting for a miraculous rebirth while death pounds heavily on fragile doors.
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required