Best Surrogated Poems
Postmodern BluesPostmodern Blues
Our bare-footed ancestors
Diligently traversed the grassy pathways
On rustling vegetation air walked along
Sunshine and rain in turn tiptoed
To bestow canopy of reverence
They wished us to watch
Soil sprouting bliss
Hills rolling down lush carpet
Pristine waters meandering around
The way they watched them doing
Tomorrow was all that mattered!
As tomorrow...
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Categories:
surrogated, angst, betrayal, conflict, corruption,
Form:
Blank verse
WomanWOMAN
The cruelty of civilization has failed the society
That coyness and awe matter less to bear
Left in nowhere
Discarded by modern evolution
The carnage of life; by the life we live
Life was modest; living adore
Even after the chastised glory of the body
Which was...
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Categories:
surrogated, woman, , western,
Form:
Light Verse
InheritanceMother England surrogated me
And O her white breast was sweet
Honey on my tongue muting misery
While banana trash tied my feet
She stripped me naked in her bed
No culture clothe me from winter’s cold
Her language like a saber in my head
O mother England ships were bold
I was...
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Categories:
surrogated, historymother, england, me, mother,
Form:
Quatrain