the flight

the flight

A Poem by Erin Sky
"

yeah, The Great Gatsby is boring. But I wrote poems during that unit, so here ya go...

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to take a city and pull it out

     like a canvas

through your mouth

     and haply give up some soul

 

or take paint-dabbled wings

     and fashion them with a toothy-edged knife

using them not to fly, but to glide

     head in heaven, toes in the ocean

 

atlast cast off tye dye sails

     and rip them into a sunrise

letting go, dropping down

     and find, at the beginning, the love that called you to drown in beauty.

© 2008 Erin Sky


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I love the touch of nature you have used to create such lovely images, a beautiful write. The last verse is wonderful and love this line:
"and rip them into a sunrise"
Such a great image and a pleasure to read

Mark-Anthony

Posted 16 Years Ago


This one has a cool-easy vibe to it. Very good. *two thumbs up*

Posted 16 Years Ago


my favorite youve done so far! incredible w/ a spanish accent.

Posted 16 Years Ago


I love the similes and metaphors here, and lovely picture I get of a sunset over the ocean. I'm not sure if that was the picture you were trying to convey, but that's what I saw. I understand what it feels like to drown in beauty, and that is a beautiful way to write it.

Posted 16 Years Ago



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Added on February 7, 2008

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Erin Sky
Erin Sky

Ithilien, Gondor



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I hear I'm a bit cryptic, for all my loquacity; I talk too much, due to all I need to say; I am Gemini, and astrology is bollocks; I'm narcissistic, and hate myself for it; I dwell in irony, in the ra.. more..

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