- Non-Erotic Poetry
- Oracles
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You know Macbeth? He came a pretty pass
By trusting those weird sisters’ double talk…
The level-headed Scott thought woods won’t walk,
Men other than of woman born are gas…
It was foretold the Halys he should cross
If Croesus wished a mighty realm to fall
And so it did – but fate would not play ball
And falsely let him suffer shame and loss.
There is a snag in oracles. They tell
The truth in such a way that none may see
Their true intentions or their destiny,
But as the truth may hurt, that’s just as well…
And still we ask those weird old sisters three,
The state, the church and commerce, what will be?
- COMMENTS
SweetOblivionover 11 years agobut the points you make, although a little confused and obscure, are well made in the end. And the metre and rhythm are, as ever, perfect. M
Ashesh9over 11 years agoThe state , the media & commerce ?! Excellent --5 ed !
greenmountaineerover 11 years agoThe first sentence sets the tone for colloquial, but "pretty pass" is an idiomatic expression that, I don't think, is very familiar to most, so the first line felt a little like trying to mix oil and water together, at least to me. That said, I love the second line. It prompted me to take it further to "toil and trouble."
tazz317over 11 years agothe sages do not have all knowledge only answers to questions, TK U MLJ LV NV
