The comprehensive volume
ate the details for a reader’s
digestion, its stomach aching for
absolution. How absurd is heaven?
Beyond life — an after life like a river
struggling to find its course while
bemused water fowl refuse
to follow the march to eternity.
The wandering fact
missed the hereafter, forfeiting glory
for eternal restlessness, light
balancing good and evil while
the judge looks bored in black.
What of the crowing girl who murders
a scarecrow? The last straw
dances in fields of gray.
Phillip Knight Scott | © 2019
Written for the dVerse Poets Pub. Linda asks us to explore surrealism in poetry. Real or not, this was fun.
Often Mumbled Musings 
This is spectacular, and that last stanza is superb. You nailed it.
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You are so kind, Linda! Thank you 🙂
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I like the murdering of the scarecrow and the last straw dancing.
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Thanks Frank!
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Me too…favorite lines, surreal yet connnected 😊
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Thanks Lynn 🙂
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Good job of creating surrealism.
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Thanks 🙂
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The finale is superb… (and the play of murder and crow is of course perfect)
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Thanks!
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This piece builds well, and the closing lines are killer.I liked /bemused water fowl that refuse the march to eternity/.
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Thanks Glenn!
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Very surreal and symbolic writing, I do enjoy delving for meanings behind the words. Great work!
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Thanks so much!
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Great job with the surreal! Especially liked these lines
“light
balancing good and evil while
the judge looks bored in black.”
and the ending is just excellent!
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Thanks so much 🙂
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You’ve nailed the surrealistic spirit. Senseless sense. (K)
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Thanks 🙂
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