Monday, September 20, 2010

Shoreline (Poet's Pantry)
I am a road noir
Alone at night I drive
An old Rambler rumbles,
one light burned, the other lit dimly
Things my eyes see, my skin feels:
the gutted gas stations;
the dead inside diners;
the vacant motels;
those roadside cat houses with flesh eaten whores, hurt of body and soul
At day's light I'll touch a bleary coast,
So my hope rises to a life anew
but black oil turns to black smoke
The Rambler rumbles slowly to an earthly stop
The radio on plays an old preacher's song:
God to the Running One. This Promised Land is meant for you and me.

SC: A poem I wrote a number of month's ago, before I knew about Poet's United. Like the last poem it closes with a Preacher's Song. Something more compelling than a coincidence? I wonder.

12 comments:

Carrie Van Horn said...

Square Corner this is beautiful your view on the road...i love it!

Weasel said...

Wonderful post, SC! Very much enjoyed the read! =)

-Weasel

flaubert said...

Nice read!
Pamela

Juice Box said...

Urban and dark, but there's a little ray of hope here too.

Sherry Blue Sky said...

Your poem evokes its mood in your reader - one sees the roadside diners, the stretching highway, one feels the hope trying to stay alive in a bleak ladnscape.......visual and evocative. Wowzers.

Human Paradox said...

a classic SC. A spiritual vanishing point.

Mary said...

SC, you really capture the heart of a place SO very well. I can see it, smell it, almost taste it!

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Anonymous said...

you're a fuckin blog celebrity now.

don't forget the little people.

and don't forget who made you.

Anonymous said...

excellent capture of one's emotions..

Sherry Blue Sky said...

Isnt it just mind-boggling? This is such a perfect illustration of perceived division among human beings. Excellently and succinctly done.

Anonymous said...

Great post – I love your blog!