The New Romance Poem by Brian Purdy

The New Romance

Rating: 5.0


Fewer creeks
blacker starlings
fewer home-made killing-jars

Moths and butterflies
still dancing
through the sound of passing cars

But now the creek's
beneath a building
traffic din may never end

Secret places
all are forfeit
with beetles wing and muskrat's den

Bridge us to
the purple twilight
when the mist was medicine

Spirit us
across the gloaming
to where the trees stood listening

Can you hear it
Can you hear it
Hear this song of rust and rain

In the twilight
in the gloaming
open up and feel again.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Charles Darkly 20 February 2012

Oh man this may be my favorite of yours. Identify strongly with the theme too.

1 0 Reply
Bulletcookie 2017 22 February 2012

Seems like the world is in more flux as we get older. Nostalgia kicks in to bring us back home one more time. Comforting lines.

0 0 Reply
Ramesh Rai 23 February 2012

in the twilight in the gloaming open up and feel again. a nice poem

0 0 Reply
Ramesh Rai 23 February 2012

in the twilight in the gloaming open up and feel again. a nice poem

0 0 Reply
Ramesh Rai 23 February 2012

in the twilight in the gloaming open up and feel again. a nice poem

0 0 Reply
Edward Kofi Louis 07 February 2016

Secret places of Nature! Thanks for sharing.

0 0 Reply
Valerie Dohren 01 April 2012

Love this poem - a very enjoyable read.

0 0 Reply
Sara Fielder 27 March 2012

The tempo reminds me of a very famous poem but I can't put my finger on it. Still, your choice of words effects me.

0 0 Reply
Soulful Heart 15 March 2012

Steel and concrete gorging meadows and even deserts...................open up and feel indeed..........That was so short and straight...........thank u for sharing..............I have a poem something in the same theme........time plz let me know what u think about it..........

0 0 Reply
Ekaterina M. Polischuk 04 March 2012

wonderful poem to read. i really enjoyed it. Bravo!

0 0 Reply
READ THIS POEM IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Brian Purdy

Brian Purdy

Belleville, Ontario
Close
Error Success