The life and times of Eurydice + Orpheus
I.
The Weekend Hymn.
She answers to the works that call her home,
clandestine rites, violence poured from a whiskey bottle
dead fronts cracking static, knifed by noisy teeth
till the body disappears and he is just a head
Orpheus - headstrong on speaking an ancient tongue
& singing awful Greek hymns
refusing to let go ,for in hell
she awaits, listens on for the music
that should revive her
Oh dear Eurydice, is there no better man to love?
In the world of the living, is he the only soul you would
mourn for as the weekend arrives & you both escape from loneliness.
II.
A Revision In Their Sky
Eurydice, stares right into his eyes
doesn't mention his lapse in vision before she speaks
" will you leave me out of sight
was I not your saving grace
Swore once I could've caught the scents
of constellations underneath our breath
From Rigil Kent through to The Pleiades.
But I know what they say
though not exactly in these words:
Stars are just spectres of a past brilliance
Their light post-mortem resilience to the aftelife.
"I won't get stuck being Orpheus" you shout
And who am I, to convince you to sing away
DEATH'S INDIFFERENCE
Cajole the underworld with a silver tongue
Carry my hopes for a resuscitation , of constellations
collapsing underneath my breath, stellar glories from a distant world".
About this poem
A poem about one's expectations of love and coming to terms with them
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Submitted by bryanmahata26 on May 01, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,479 |
Words | 271 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 3, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3, 2 |
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