The Hourglass And The Clepsydra Poem by Matthew Pratt
The Hourglass And The Clepsydra
The Hourglass
At the edge of desert shore
Poured out of an hourglass
Would, I gladly, swoon to embrace
Such reveries that lie beneath,
A plashless mirror, shattered
The Clepsydra I
In versicoloured creatures' light
Are sunken castles, vitrified
Turtle Islands, appear from under
Leviathan bottles, have ships inside
Perdu plunder's interred in sand
The Clepsydra II
With aqua pura, ichorous now,
A celestial river laving me:
I clasp on ignes fatui,
Lounge upon a crescent moon,
View an ultra-violet sunset
Yes, The Hourglass with it's surrealism reminds me of a Salvador Dali painting: Good writes :)
this is a very nice poem....good flow...good words tooo..i like the poem...i enjoyed it truelly....please my new poems
I don't know what to say... But good job on this piece! Let me invite you to comment on one of my works as well. :)
Thanks for inviting to read this creative poems Matthew, you craft them well, if people play piano to hit the key perfectly, you done nicely to hit keyboard to create your beautiful poetry! ! _Unwritten SOul
A poem of high imagination and rich language with interesting ancient references.The last two lines are very beautiful.10.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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12/6/2025 4:25:02 AM # 1.0.0
Not only sand but celestial water to wash my dreams, I bow to the time and beauty, you nicely paint here, thank you!