I tried Jeff's challenge to write a poem in poe's style
Last stanza of Poe's poem "A Dream Within a Dream"
"I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand- How few! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep, While I weep— while I weep! O God! can I not grasp Them with a tighter clasp? O God! can I not save One from the pitiless wave? Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream?"
Edgar A. Poe
Inspired by the above stanza...
I stood upon the precipice Looking down on the abyss Then raised my weary head up high To seek some answers from the sky Whilst poverty spreads such despair Must we deny that it is there? As brain cells spin out into space The pall of helplessness takes place Cannot I sow one seed of hope? To make the hopeless learn to cope O God! is reality a theme? Of living dreams outside the dream
Wow this is an Incredible piece
you have instilled so many descriptive
and such beautiful imagery and emotions
I think you have satisfy the Jeff's Poe Challenge!
Outstanding write my friend
Love And Peace to you always
Your friend...Morning Star
Well done, Eileen... this is very fitting, both in style and sentiment. Almost an echo, in fact. Living the dream, walking the talk, has to be the way to go. Powerful and concrete. TY Kate xx
Reviewed by LadyJtalks LadyJzTalkZone (Reader)
Reviewed on May 20, 2007
Well done and a touching write as the picture does explain. To just speak of homeless would have broaden the scope where as Poe spoke of sand though the metaphor for many. I especially liked your last words for much is said of God's plan and lesson we are in this life to learn from. The picture of the mother and child and as it appears another on the way is so beyond my imagination what goes through the mind of a mother who has found herself in that place. Thank you for your write. Lady J
It is, I believe, one of the priviledges we have been given sugar chum; too be able to stand in the gap between heaven and hell, and have have at our disposal the tools, and the wisdom, to differentiate between the two and the free will to make a choice. Outstanding!
You have done Poe proud with this
exquisite piece of writing, Eileen.
I have asked the same questions as
you have in this poem. All I can
say is, we must Keep Hope Alive.
You've met this challenge head on Eileen. Poe is truly an inspiring author. If one can read him without feeling something besides fear and sadness, then I'm not sure they are real. I loved reading Poe in school, and it stayed with me throughout adulthood, for I have several Poe selections in my stack of reading materials.
Job well done!
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Blessings,
Joyce B.
you have instilled so many descriptive
and such beautiful imagery and emotions
I think you have satisfy the Jeff's Poe Challenge!
Outstanding write my friend
Love And Peace to you always
Your friend...Morning Star
love,
Gina
Nice work
Joy and starlight
HH
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Ron
Paul;-)
Peace,
Bill
Thanks,
Dan
Light and Wisdom and Love ...
exquisite piece of writing, Eileen.
I have asked the same questions as
you have in this poem. All I can
say is, we must Keep Hope Alive.
Hugs,
Kate
Love Tinka
Job well done!
Lisa
Both, very well wrote, with a twist of pain here and there.
Georg
Be safe,
Karen