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Vesuvius Eruption

Vesuvius Eruption

flumped
feeling
  fading
     forthcoming
 carrying 
    his 
giant
   cyclopedia
in hand
  snaring
of 
 day's sun

believing 
  his soul 
hoisting
&
asked
don't cry
as
   I feel free
an 
  angel
merely
  skipped me
a
  magma 
      hollow
inflated

 as night 
tip-toes into 
obscurity
            step 
                   by 
                       step,
 suffering 
start to 
 lock horns
                               breath 
                           by 
                breath !!

24 August 79 A.D.
Vesuvius
   stood 
bloody
 mighty 
  above 
    landscape
 got cracking
his  
colossus
  detonation

mighty 
   cloud  
of
ash & gas 
    swarmed 
down
     Plinian outburst
immersed 
    Herculaneum 
           Pompei
eradicated 
    Gaius Plinius Secundus
 blazed
asphyxiating
      writer 
of
vastest 
   unique 
        work
about 
   natural 
        history

currently 
  Mount Vesuvius
  on 
his mode
   to 
vomiting.

Written: October 16, 2022

A Brian Strand Premiere Choice Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand


NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the moment& changing according to mood is inherently variable.
Copyright © Brian Strand

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Bill Baker October 19, 2022 at 8:26 AM A creative and challenging form to write and read, my friend. I like the flexibility of the form you choose to write in. Good luck in the contest! Bill

Vijay Pandit October 17, 2022 at 5:06 AM You shine in your poetic art my friend.

Victor Buhagiar October 17, 2022 at 1:35 AM Strange, but I must be too ignorant. I cannot emulate such verse.

Michael Tor October 16, 2022 at 5:34 PM Brian Strand would love this Lasaad. He loves this form that you have mastered so well my friend...