NIGHTSCAPE

Written on an airplane over NYC

NIGHTSCAPE

 

Snakes of headlights squirm through the cold city

The night devouring them without pity

 

Blurred structures reveal neither corner nor edge

Hills frame the outlines of boulders and ledge

 

Rivers flow tar-like as if to conceal

The bridges and spans of ebony steel

 

Trees cast their shadows of darkness on dark

Unseen are the leaves or the evening lark

 

Chance squares of windows checker the bleak sky

No pattern revealed to the mind’s blind eye

 

Black smoke arises from unknown causes

My lost thoughts turn inward and time pauses

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Superb imagery. Those little glinting lights really make their snake like mark. I was travelling with you. I saw what you saw even though I have never been to NYC. Fantastic view from a plane at night. I liked this very much. You can do scenery too. All good wishes.

Chris

[Roger Turgeon]

Ty....glad to hear my attempt at imagery was successful ( ; O )

[Susan Beth Horvath]

Done with so many lovely notions and correlations. Descriptive and moving

[Roger Turgeon]

I hope I captured the cold city feeling ( : O )

[Ruth]

The imagery is wonderfully executed here! Bold and powerfully voiced poem x

[Roger Turgeon]

Thank you for the review....I see I was successful in my attempt at imagery

[Ruth]

My pleasure! :)

[Enigmatic Amor]

You paint a stark picture of the dark city scape and yet it leaves me feeling at peace. The darkness covers the harshness of the city, the filth and the squalor, does it not? We are left with the edges and squares of light and dark.

Nicely done.

[Roger Turgeon]

Thank you for the review of one of my rare non-rhyming poems. It was an exercise in description. And yes the night covers many sins, and presents opportunities for many others ( : O )