Best Byword Poems
Byword People
Byword People (Came By Way)
Pitch black was the day after
the nightmare before
When the blue wails
washed upon the sunset shore
Dark journey’s end for the castoff children,
who were unspoken for
Idol eyes resting carelessly,
got sin windswept upon a western breeze
Towards a bitter labor colony destiny
An ancient reign of...
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Categories:
byword, history, identity, slavery, symbolism,
Form:
Epic
A Proverb and a BywordWalk before me now,
keeping my commands,
my statutes and my rules:
your throne shall be forever.
But if you turn aside,
go serving other gods,
then I will cut you...
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Categories:
byword, blessing,
Form:
Free verse