Double Dare Thursday - Here's Mine

[Delta40]

Is this the one you're talking about Jerry?

Grey Sands

winter in australia is cold
the beach is cloaked in fog
as the concrete factory
down the road
dredges up the ocean base
I paddle in the dark mist
of melting ice caps
plastic bags
and tonnes of
unrecognizable shell grit

[Hawkman]

I wonder if it wouldn't be better with "ell gr" left out? ;) Pretty cool, Delta.

Live and be well - H

[AuntShecky]

I remember this one as well, Delta. "Your" winter is "our" summer, right?--
and vice versa.

[cacian]

Very telling indeed Delta. As always you have an eye for details.

[Delta40]

this isn't my favourite by a long stretch but it's the only poem with shell grit in it....

[Jerrybaldy]

Hi Delta
I fear I chose this one for you. Me bad :(. I do love it though, not just because of the coast, but the sinister edge you cloaked it in with a concrete factory, fog and shellgrit. I recognise that type of coast and you captured it here. You should re-post with YOUR actual favourite now, please.

[Delta40]

Hi Delta
You should re-post with YOUR actual favourite now, please.

Yes Master

[Delta40]

I always liked this poem for some reason.


The myth of the myth
is the doll from my childhood
which shapes my expression.
Stepping back in time,
tracking old roots which were forged
on the backs of railway workers
I must ask,
Does this psychodynamic formulation
make my butt look fat?
Well surround me with a slimming systems approach
so I can point fingers and blame.
Blame him, them and especially her!
It isn't my fault that I lurk incognitive dress.
I heard you say I had a great set of hypotheses
so when my inner woe cracks and cries out,
But we're all independent parts built in
to the pathology of a broader social context!
Like a sherpa leading the way up a mountain,
I shrug my shoulders,
bear the weight that I'm destined to carry
and pant at a manic altitude forming its own cloud,
The self
The fulfilling
The prophesy

[Bar22do]

it's an stunning "double," Delta. Jerry be blessed for having such obedient followers! They spread pearls and diamonds among our feet! :yesnod:

[Haunted]

I remember the first one well. Didn't know its so cold Down Under! brrrrrr

It's the first time I read The Mything Myth. It's an exceptional piece. My favorite lines as below, and very nice inductive reasoning too, lol


Stepping back in time,
tracking old roots which were forged
on the backs of railway workers
I must ask,
Does this psychodynamic formulation
make my butt look fat?