Yvette Naden Poet Pantoum

Against the Ashes of the Fire

Against The Ashes of The Fire

Thine eyes wrapped in chestnut leaves, brittle bark, red berries, and skeletal branches

Thy skies once azure with an aura of clouds drifting lazily over fall-kissed 

Grass. The tears you weep you do so in mist, while your white pumpkin skin

Begins to shred and toil and while you cannot speak, you are crying within. 



Deft fingers begin to break thy bones of earth, pumping acid into your heart.

With their oil rigs, their armies of carbon conspirators, they seek to tear you apart.

Despite the colours you grant them, the air you provide, thy people chain you to a pyre.

So, rise, revolt, strain against those smoky bonds, against the ashes of the fire.







12th October 2019
Poet's October Pantoum Cash Prize Poetry Contest
William Kekaula

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Mahtab Bangalee October 24, 2019 at 4:43 AM Despite the colours you grant them, /the air you provide,/ thy people chain you to a pyre.// superb poetic expression

Laura Leiser October 23, 2019 at 11:16 AM Brilliant poetry, Yvette! Love the depth and imagery..a fave!