Impermanence
Sea kissed the feet of the Herculean Palace,
As the Denizen God perched on the Terrace.
He thought, “What a grand Palace Have I”
“The land I built, In the clouds I hover”
“The sea at my command”,
And he embraced the earth like Porphyria’s Lover
In that stifling embrace of the majestic demiurge
As it strangled Gaia of her life, the stubborn ice thawed,
The swift seas rose as the planet became torrid,
Cerulean skies turned crimson,
As creatures died, the air turned putrid.
Slowly the sea wept into the Palace
As Gaia drowned creation in her grief.
The Grand Palace stood humbled in nature’s torment.
And God understood, easing the embrace,
His treasured creation itself is eternally transient.
Font size:
Submitted by abhijit_c on April 25, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 36 sec read
- 20 Views
Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAXBXB XXXXX AXXXX |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 697 |
Words | 120 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 5 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Impermanence" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 13 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/98258/impermanence>.
Discuss the poem Impermanence with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In