Poem - MAG Poetry Prize 2010
The Conundrum
by
Maynooth, Ireland
Taker or bearer,
The tantilizing image of hazy mirth,
Poisonous, venomous with impurity,
Plague of Man upon Man,
The Scourge, the Killer,
Blackened Rot of body and soul,
Messenger to the ferryman,
Leaving too soon.
Each subtle horizontal line
is slain by the great arsonist,
Martyrs falling one by one, lain
breath to breath and length to
length, they mark themselves as
a barrier to man's folly and
Plague of Man upon Man,
The Scourge, the Killer.
Added: 19.02.2010
07.05.2010
good language, lack of rhythm is appropriate, physicality of the language is great