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alpharaposa ([personal profile] alpharaposa) wrote2011-02-11 08:58 am
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A poem I promised

For [livejournal.com profile] that_guy_zach ages ago..

Constantinople

We built this city
On eternity's blueprint;
An edifice of forever,
A monument to God,

But we live in time.
Time ate the stones;
It drank our health;
It stole our strength.

The city was of the world;
The world laid it low.
We wept at what was wrought.

All worldly things pass away.
We who mourned mere moonlight
Will inherit the sun.

[identity profile] stryck.livejournal.com 2011-02-11 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not very good at producing epics.

[identity profile] eric-hinkle.livejournal.com 2011-02-12 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry, I didn't intend any criticism of what you've done. It's a great poem.

[identity profile] stryck.livejournal.com 2011-02-12 12:12 pm (UTC)(link)
None taken. :) I guess my comment looked a bit abrupt, but I can blame that on the difficulty of typing while holding the cub.

I do have problems writing long poems, though. They're difficult for me.

[identity profile] eric-hinkle.livejournal.com 2011-02-12 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, holding the cub is more important that responding to random comments on LJ. But thanks for the response & good luck with any future poems.