I Turn In Silence

Poem inspired by Dutch Poet, Herman Gorter

"ever royal and keen"
this shadowed walk
sends an obscene scene
as the world balks

echoing unending
showers of insolence
with no mending
of man's dissidence

I arise silently,
turn in quietude
from the violently
impudent multitude


Poem inspired by Dutch Poet, Herman Gorter
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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February 9, 2022 at 2:42 PM
Annalinda I love your Monomeric poem! You certainly do have poetic skill! ??
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