The Dance of Death

Misty dawn opens its arms
Silent street not a sound
Flowers spread some exotic charm
Honey bees all over abound
A sinister killer is just around
The silent streets weave and dance
The trees rap in a mystical trance
Bridges collapse to the music of seismic waves
They burn, they crumple, not a chance
As exotic flowers swing on lonesome graves

09/3/2012

By Tahera Mannan

For Nette’s “Let’s dance” contest

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012



Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem. Negative comments will result your account being banned.

Please Login to post a comment

Date: 5/30/2015 1:57:00 PM
!!!
Login to Reply
Date: 5/28/2012 1:01:00 PM
very eerie this is, Tahera. Very "outside the box" way to have done Nette's contest. I see it won and that is GREAT. Belated congrats to you on your unique entry for dance.
Login to Reply
Date: 3/19/2012 11:20:00 AM
Congratulations on your win in Nette's "Let's Dance" contest Tahera. Love, Carol
Login to Reply
Date: 3/17/2012 2:54:00 PM
ohh, bleak and so beautiful, tahera.. so glad you came by; missing you!. a powerful write!.. congrats on your win in my contest.:) huggs
Login to Reply
Date: 3/17/2012 12:38:00 PM
Nature can be beautiful and nature can be cruel. Congratulations on your win. Love, Joyce
Login to Reply
Date: 3/17/2012 12:00:00 PM
congrats Tahera on a lovely win for this wonderful poetic art expression of death dance luv..
Login to Reply
Date: 3/9/2012 8:20:00 AM
Beautiful
Login to Reply
Mannan Avatar
Tahera Mannan
Date: 3/9/2012 11:21:00 PM
Thanks Heather
Date: 3/9/2012 5:53:00 AM
beautifully crafted dizain you have here..all the best for the contest........~sashi
Login to Reply
Mannan Avatar
Tahera Mannan
Date: 3/9/2012 7:22:00 AM
Thanks Sashi.
Date: 3/8/2012 11:15:00 PM
Reading this reminded me of the short story "By the Waters of Babylon" by the late Stephen Vincent Benet. This is a fine example of a dizain poem.
Login to Reply
Mannan Avatar
Tahera Mannan
Date: 3/9/2012 7:23:00 AM
Thanks Robert. How are you?
Get a Premium Membership
Get more exposure for your poetry and more features with a Premium Membership.
Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Member Area

My Admin
Profile and Settings
Edit My Poems
Edit My Quotes
Edit My Short Stories
Edit 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 - 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
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Hide Ad