Gary Bateman Poet Quatrain

Notes About The Poem

Author's Notes: This one is an exciting new co-write, a Quatrain, that Liam McDaid and I recently shared our mutual thoughts and poetic ink on. It is replete with some very interesting fantasy concepts as well as some very compelling and quite striking imagery, metaphors, and symbolism. We are both hopeful that we did not disappoint with this particular theme and verse. Enjoy the "swim" into "The Darkness of Cold Oceans Dwelling Deepest," and don't forget to try out the Procrustean bed there!! LOL!!(Gary Bateman - August 15, 2018) (Quatrain)

Thematic Categories: allegory, death, evil, fantasy, imagery, metaphor, and symbolism. 

The Darkness of Cold Oceans Dwelling Deepest

The Darkness of Cold Oceans Dwelling Deepest

Into the utter darkness of cold oceans dwelling deepest,
there is far beyond any glimmer of hope an outer limit
that defines a dark realm of the true supernatural reality
existing beyond any iota of human understanding on Earth.

In this dark realm lies a catacombic-womb of dead souls
bled white from the inside-out-turning of sand-blasted
nightmares of pure evil that envelope into a desert storm, 
whereby living-dead apparitions appear in the shadows.

In this Procrustean bed there lies these horribly-tortured souls
who are like fossils of a past strife-torn life—a past without 
any mercy since the unloved ghosts who exist there sense a
palpable pain erupting deep within every second of eternity!

This achingly slow-death falls into a sentence as forgiveness
now is impossible and a weathered-weakness of bowels spiced 
from this seabed's loving memory appear as a bright-white pearl, 
and the golden sun rises and sets as rats spread the Black Death!  

Gary Bateman and Liam McDaid, A Collaborated Poem
Copyright © All Rights Reserved – August 15, 2018
(Quatrain)

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Liam Mcdaid August 16, 2018 at 2:39 AM your pen tugs at the invisible cord truly a deep pleasure mixing ink with you on this piece wishing you both a blessed weekend Gary Bateman August 16, 2018 at 1:40 PM Hello Liam Mate!! Methinks our mutual pens overfloweth here with some enchanted, but poisonous, black squid ink!! I am very pleased that we both got the chance again to collaborate on another very interesting and provocative theme. (I really like the way in which this one turned out!!) Cheers and Best Wishes!! Gary

Arturo Michael August 15, 2018 at 7:45 PM Exploring the depth of our souls...where wondrous things occur...at the bottom of the sea...a deep write...All the best Gary Gary Bateman August 16, 2018 at 1:37 PM Hello Arturo!! Liam and I certainly appreciate your comments and observations here. The "wondrous things" occurring at the bottom of the sea as we've presented in our Quatrain here beg the question why anyone would ever want to visit such a place. It's all good poetry in the end!! Best Wishes Always, Gary

Winged Warrior August 15, 2018 at 7:03 PM Nice place to visit...but don't want to reside there...well maybe...not too much different than here lol...Superb collab Gary & Liam...metaphors abound here...love & the dark side...^WW^ Gary Bateman August 16, 2018 at 1:34 PM Hello WW!! And many thanks to you from both Liam and I here on your very observant and perceptive comments. A nice place to visit -- eh?? The lost souls "there" would probably disagree!! (LOL!!) We are both very pleased that you liked are latest collab here!! Cheers and Best, Gary