An Army of Ghosts

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yui
yui
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The fog rose up from the asphalt
So that it appeared to be an army of ghosts
Tattered and almost transparent

Guided by a wind I couldn’t see or feel
Marching right, some veering left,
Stragglers, confused, chasing to catch up

Standing above it,
The scene was so clearly what it wasn’t
Ghost rising from their graves beneath tar, sand, and gravel

Had I been walking with them, down there,
Among them
I wouldn’t have seen

I would have walked across their graves
Unknowingly
Blithely breathed their misty remains

And never realized that ghosts
Other than those in my head,
Walked in daylight

yui
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LeBrozLeBrozalmost 17 years ago
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This poem was mentioned in the Archival Review thread, in a picking through Lit's archive of over 35,000 poems.

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AmyfriendAmyfriendabout 17 years ago
Exceptionally good..

with a splash of brilliance..thanks.

AnonymousAnonymousabout 17 years ago
So?

Poetry is the last refuge of writers who can't write logically and concisely. This writer personifies that, and compounds the error with a limp-wristed poem about ground fog. Whoop de doo! A pragmatic (legitimate) writer would have condensed this whole thing to one short sentence: "Turn on yer fog lamps, Pa." LOL

Ron123XYZ@foreveranonymous.naturally

duddle146duddle146about 17 years ago
exquisite.

What a hauntingly beautiful rendering. Something especially lovely about this one.

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