Escarpment Poems - Poems about Escarpment

Out to Sea

...

"Out to Sea"

In the immediate times 
we rush to consume it all 
before it is all swallowed, and out it all comes salty,
like an Ocean pummelling our crumbling sures 
ea...

Pablo Neruda: English translation of 'Machu Picchu'

...The Heights of Machu Picchu, Canto VIII
by Pablo Neruda
translation by Michael R. Burch

Ascend with me, my American love!

Let’s kiss these mysterious stones together!

The Urubamba’s torren...

Beyond the Prism of Aphorisms

...
An Escarpment of memories 
Distilled into form 
Congealed to moisture 
Before the storm.

I visit vagaries of such places 
where measuring worlds 
Or matching faces 
Upon that inward surfac...

What happened to my sex drive?

...What happened to my sex drive?

(sung – in a round pussy willow warble - to the tune of -- 
Oh Where Oh Where has my little dog gone).

Once pronounced libido of mine 
took kamikaze nose dive,
...

A Journey Through the Mountain's Majesty

...Dawn's Embrace:
Adret: Dawn paints the face of giants,
Where sunlight warms and shadows dance.
Aiguille: Fingers pierce the azure sky,
A challenge whispered, sharp and high.

Earth's Whispers: ...

Thereafter

...Running out of road, windshield wipers are useless for tears
Close my eyes and count to… not yet! reaper hasn’t appeared 
Lights flashing across the dashboard, warning indications 
Speedometer rea...

Paradise On Steroids

...Rumoured to conduce a mine shaft abandoned
      Reserve behind rural residential too steep to traverse
      Sacred scope gazes at Gold Coast Grand Canyon 
      Struggle's reward - rugged mounta...

Spring Equinox Arrives March 20th, 2023 At 5:24 Pm

...Spring equinox arrives March 20th, 2023 at 5:24 PM

Despite what outside temperature registers
(even absolute zero), the official arrival
of spring occurs, when thee eel hip tic
of coe phish hun...

An Image of the Netherworld Envisioned By a Misanthrope

...An image of the netherworld envisioned by a misanthrope

Mein kampf fraught re: 
emotionally/psychologically challenged 
impossible mission to cope
compared to classmates, I felt like a dope
an...

Les Braves

...Les Braves

(Iambic Pentameter)

Tan sands conceal deep furrows of their pain,
As churned emotions scream on the light breeze.
The rushing lather bubbles with red stain,
While mortar clouds su...

Alaska the Rarest Gem

...Alaska The Rarest Gem


                     Salmon imitates plunging dolphin movement
                     Bald eagles chase ptarmigan above escarpment
                     Under an ice floe a ...

A Guangling Melody of Love

...Beyond the escarpment of love a 2nd hand rose thrives, trying not to die  
the gardens are pregnant in bloom as Mei in her China gown asks why 
the authentic sun shines both to burn the ...

An Image of the Netherworld Envisioned By a Misanthrope

...Deep within the bowels of the Earth
(dark visceral centre)
immensely distant from the sheltering sky
amidst a thick fog enveloped landscape
with here and there a projected
craggy, derelict chasm...

Our Political Participation

...I've come to say a few things about our political involvement,
Important is this because our future is on the edge of  precipice,
And is dangerously tilting irreversibly towards enslavement,
If ur...

Hold Back

...An
Escarpment of memories 
Distills in form 
A different layered light 
Before the storm.
I have visited vagaries
Of such places where,
Measuring worlds and
Matching faces 
Upon the inward s...

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