- Non-Erotic Poetry
- Growing up on a plain
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We used to picture ridges hovering
on the horizon, snaked wall
monuments on the edge of vision,
anything to stop us sliding off
the curved earth.
We used to lean forward tip-toed
to feign angle against the road
and walk huddled, to hide
from empty miles behind
wheat stems, to cower
from nosy crows,
and give weather bereft
of the element of surprise
a fighting chance.
We used to lay silent
side by side in the perfect centre
of everything, and wait for someone
to screw the lid off
the sky.
- COMMENTS
GuiltyPleasureover 16 years ago....that only Ange and I left comments here, I hope more came by and voted generously. I love the cadence of MM's words and the picture so skillfully painted. This poem beautifully conveys the wide spaces and small world of a child.
Tess
Angelineover 16 years agoGreat pace, images, language use. I really meant it when I said your poems are a joy to read--even when the subject is less than joyful as is the case in this thought-provoking poem.
Your poem has been recommended in the New Poems thread on Literotica's Poetry Feedback and Discussion forum.
