Funeral Clothes

Dark vapours

Cascade out of the cold, sharp blouse

The linen chafing me

I twitch uneasily and scan the aisles

The masses upon masses

Of unidentifiable shadows

All sombrely marching

Like an army

Destined to fail

Death hangs in the air

Seen in the single magpie

That stares from the grass

Or the black cat

That hovers in my peripheral vision

The lady of the eternal nightmare

We all know attends

And secretly we all wonder

Who she’ll claim next.

 

-Esther Kearney

Melody Blank

Empty heavens

Full of eerie cherub statues

Melody blank.

Earthbound, evergreen lusts

Full of the car engines buzz

And the honey bees flutter

Like an engine starter

Sombre affairs

That lay bare  naked truths

And longing stares.

Yes, affairs of the mind

-For melody blank

Distraught bliss

That paradise that exists in jealousy

For your neighbours wife

Or the cherry red lips

Of the young red head

Melody blank.

The unformulated desire

That lives in your heart and mind

Until you die.

 

-E

 

Picture: Saatchi Art

Fisherman’s Pier

Dragonflies skid along the marshland

Which foams every shade of topaz

Ripples that make the water dance

As though the stream

Has something to laugh at.

I’m in the fisherman’s domain

Sitting coyly

Observing in the rain.

It’s overcast

Grey shades which paints

A sombre background

For the barges rage

Spitting smoke

Making its presence known

But nature dapples the banks

Painting it every shade of summer lax

Mustard yellows

And vivacious fuchsias

Beautifully composing

A symphony of rustles in the wind

Transporting me to a different world

Even if only momentarily.

 

-E

 

Artwork by Dee Evans see more here; https://www.dee-evans-artist.com/paintings