Fay Slimm (Ageless. / in Cornwall U.K.)
Mourning.
In the middle of a grey fog-heavy lawn
she stood all alone,
tipped her head back to let out a moan
and walls caught the wail,
transferred her mourning to a raw sky
as she shouted again
for answers to WHY did he have to die.
His ship was only
carrying supplies to war-weary sailors.
She impaled the same pain
of the many who had questioned before
over graveyard railings,
her cry rent the air in uncontrolled grief
It passed thru' bare trees
and slick as oiled rope uncoiling, bedded
silently into the sea,
revealing wet Death wears casual smiles
when hearing sunk grief.
Wartime agony came close to destroying
those who were left behind.
46646
PoemHunter.com Updates
-
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
celebrated on May 21st every year
-
Your Favorite Poets’ Favorite Books of Poetry
-
Daily Rituals of Famous Authors
Writers seem to be the most prone to unshakeable routines and elaborate superstitions.
-
Incredible Reading Rooms Around the World
Cozy, beautiful places to curl up with a good book...
Top 500 Poems
-
Phenomenal Woman
Maya Angelou
-
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost
-
Still I Rise
Maya Angelou
-
If You Forget Me
Pablo Neruda
-
Dreams
Langston Hughes
-
Annabel Lee
Edgar Allan Poe
-
If
Rudyard Kipling
-
A Dream Within A Dream
Edgar Allan Poe
-
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Robert Frost
-
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
Comments about this poem (Mourning. by Fay Slimm )