Daver Austin Poet Free verse

City Geometry

CITY GEOMETRY

I’m on big town
Inserted
Yea, transplanted
Within its swaying wave
Of box and angle

Where my self-identity
Is something throbbing
Upward gazing
Arrowing
To sky points

So, it’s confusing
The hate-love factor
Stiffness
Restriction
Formal sharpness of angle

A quite eye bewildering sight
This swirling circumference
Of a giant
Fractured
Circle 

And oh!
The Stravinskyish
Jagged continuity
Of line
Of dissonance

For distance
I follow parallels
Lines receding
With absolute straightness

There a promise of
Those cherished
Fading meadows
Of nature’s roundness
Her natural sweetness

Suddenly!
I take a ninety-degree angle of turn
With mandatory city goose step
Toward sanity
Toward home

Dave Austin

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Michelle Mac Donald September 14, 2016 at 2:23 PM Oh, I miss the natural roundness. "The Stravinskyish Jagged continuity Of line Of dissonance", is like an architectural collision "Of a giant Fractured Circle" Enjoying this write, Daver!! Hugs, with love, Mikki

Andrea Dietrich April 16, 2016 at 8:00 PM Love to read your poetry, Daver. That last part really hits home TOWARD SANITY, toward home. Daver Austin April 17, 2016 at 10:53 AM Thanks, buddy. Poetry is so great in this crazy, insane world. Love, daver

Harry Horsman April 15, 2016 at 4:22 PM Yes home can be one's sanctuary daver, like how you have written this, true art in each word... Daver Austin April 16, 2016 at 1:57 PM Thanks, Harry. It must be the geometry. I like smooth, wide open spaces, empty of confusion and noise. Love, daver