The Grey Green Sea
Upon a black branch, broken and ashen
Which leaves did not speak for fear of silence
And on this night the dead danced crooked
Not a single shade nor color in this moment
Nor the filth which hollows and thinks unthoughtless
An inducted affair, like the red snowbound hill
And in these nights the halls turned straightly so
Of cosmic psychosis that drains the passing sights
My eyes breathe breathlessly, with a quiet screaming stare
In your eyes I see only dusk, not that which smile
Though whose fallibility ruins this pale and placid world
The last breath of the tree brought the end to the page
On this night and on all nights ahead of me
I expect a crawling cry of dread to deafen us
When the sky’s skin opens wide, all will face the truth
Over the grey green sea
About this poem
A poem inspired by the song 'High Above a Grey Green Sea' by Colin Stetson
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Written on March 27, 2023
Submitted by calico5588 on March 27, 2023
Modified by calico5588 on March 27, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAX XAX XXX XXX BXXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 774 |
Words | 148 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 4 |
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