VALLEY OF THE OTHER KINGS

Inspired by the article below...04 23 14

I.

Continuity
your filibuster egg of sand
dazzled curiosity
with creaky shell of hints
heaped upon the tedium
of knowledge's unfurl undeterred
by encyclopedic impatience

Assurances of rip(Van Winkl)ed
economics shooed paper strings of
revelation like anarchy-powered
taxes summoning a foreword
to anachronistic campaigns
of environmental friendliness

II.

Meanwhile years
have been filed down to flashes of
chronology for continuity's organic rebus

However long it took
the economic karma to fall into the
abodes of hedonistic pharaohs
it was instant

Skin that ruled behind the constitution
of allergic breath
bailed on the bones against their most
sublime intentions

Limbo-treading landlords
huddled in their mummified freeze
after breadline bashers scolded them
with the spoils of a new brand
of pyramid scheming

Robbers of the coffin palaces
stole the intimations of identity
theft from today

Immortality and freedom
were compelled to share a meaning
like estranged siblings
or bound dynasties

I(a).

Abydos
how you coyly toyed with us
with a diversion bordering on monolithic

Author's Note

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/news/valley-of-the-other-kings-lost-dynasty-found-in-egypt-9065551.html

Reviews

[Benita-Staebell M - Kin..]

Intelligent and thought provoking... Quite a powerful and strong piece.


Very interesting view point here thank you for sharing
this wonderful piece and thank you for your lovely review and comment.



Interesting stanza's and mind set here I Enjoyed these lines.

Continuity
your filibuster egg of sand
dazzled curiosity
with creaky shell of hints
heaped upon the tedium
of knowledge's unfurl undeterred
by encyclopedic impatience

Assurances of rip(Van Winkl)ed
economics shooed paper strings of
revelation like anarchy-powered
taxes summoning a foreword
to anachronistic campaigns
of environmental friendliness






Blessings. kindred poet

[kublakhan27]

Thanks so much for the kind words kindred...I'm glad that this piece spoke to you as it did...blessings :)

[Benita-Staebell M - KindredPoet]

I enjoyed reading this write thank you. I as a child loved Rip van Wrinkle But I liked how you put it into different contexts in that line. You're very welcome. it's my pleasure always. blessings.
kindred poet

[Saddam]

GGreat poem dear friend. Love one dear.

[kublakhan27]

Thanks so much my friend, so glad you enjoyed it :)

[redflutterby]

Greed....power...politics...all seem to be woven into this piece. The world has a way of forgetting the pain of the past. Especially when it is the average mans suffering. We always loop back to the same mistakes over and over at the expense of who truly builds our nations. Your writing always makes me think deeper and longer....;-)

[kublakhan27]

I suppose it's a case of those ignoring history being doomed to repeat it...truth be told, this didn't come out the way I imagined it in my head, but I guess it makes its point just the same...so glad you enjoyed it my friend, thank you ;)

[Shirlena]

Yep, that about covers everything. It is unbelievable watching the world lose what little mind it has left and those who lead us are power angry. This excellent and sobering Kub. God help us all cause he is going to be the only one who can.

[kublakhan27]

I wonder if there is any mind left to lose at this point my friend...so glad that this one spoke to you as it did...thank you as always :)

[Shirlena]

Nope running off of fumes lol...you're welcomed.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

it happened then, it happens now...prosperity burns a hole in our pockets or in our leaders' pockets and we end up broke...like old kingdoms, like new kingdoms...like our state which is in such a mess...one of the old pharoahs could do just as good a job being governor as ours does.

this poem is retroactive.---

deep, and deeply embedded in modern times even with its ancient setting.

[kublakhan27]

True words my friend...so glad this poem resonated with you...thank you Jacob.

[redzone]

Wanted to say, holy Egyptology,Benji (Frieda's name for you since I didn't see her comment and she is so gonna break my knees)... enjoyed you ancient and modern pyramid schemes.. cleaver weaving of yesterday and today.. have seen this article you mention and will now read.. Steve, have you seen any of the new Cosmos series??? It's very good and the appropriate polemical edge... you might enjoy it.

Loved those last two verses.. the coy Abydos!!!
~~redzone

[kublakhan27]

Haha Well she's been busy lately so I think you're safe in calling me that till whenever she gets back :P I've seen a few headlines pop up here and there but I've been on the shelf health-wise for the last couple of weeks so I haven't read much, I'll have to check that stuff out though...so glad you enjoyed this one my friend, many thanks :)

[FlamingPhoenix]

Being predominantly an emotionally-inspired poetic writer myself, I find your writing to be most intriguing. The depth in each piece is intellectually stimulating and I find myself most fortunate to continuously experience enlightenment with every read of your work. I hope one day to be further along in my capability as a writer to encapsulate, as you do, such an extensive plethora of muses. Spectacular write!

[kublakhan27]

Thanks so much Phoenix, I'm truly humbled by your kind words :) I'm still an emotional writer first and foremost, and I do think my best stuff is emotion-based, but I minored in History while I was at school so every once in a while I come across something that inspires me to write about it...the Seven Wonders never fail to pique my curiosity haha I've been writing for a long time, about seventeen years now, and sometimes you get impatient waiting for the muse so you have to improvise ;)

[paddy d daly]

I like how you bind the ancient robberies with the robberies of today particularly the pyramid scheming, at least that's how I read it, that was my take, great write...

[kublakhan27]

You're spot-on my friend...so glad you enjoyed it, many thanks.

[icelandicblue]

And still we build edifices on the backs of men and wonder why the wage they are not paid is not enough. There is no immortality for those who build their monoliths in the blood and tears of the poor. I think they currently reside on Wall Street and their god of worship is money but there is no afterlife for raping the public. I felt the ancient setting was a template for the worship that has befallen this country and the workers mere slaves who survive at the largess of the FILTHY rich. I love history.

[kublakhan27]

I love the review you've offered up here my friend...it's perfect, and could be a poem in and of itself. I minored in History many moons ago and there are a handful of topics I picked up along the way that became obsessions, the pyramids being one of them. Of course they get written about regularly so it was a challenge in trying to offer a unique perspective, so I'm glad I was able to convey those parallels so clearly...thanks for reading and relating as well :)

[A. Amos]

Great write my friend shows your knowledge and study on ancient times, and you took your readers to a trip to ancient city of Egypt:) Epic!

[kublakhan27]

Thank you Amos, so glad you enjoyed it :) It took a lot of tinkering to put this one together haha

[A. Amos]

I can understand bro and you're most welcome...

[Lyn Anderson]

An interesting and insightful piece. Well done.

[kublakhan27]

Thanks so much K.