Battlecry

When originally posted, in 2004, at AuthorsDen.com, the poet annotated this with the quote from "Dangerous Liaisons" that "After all, you don't applaud the tenor for clearing his throat". I believe the implication was that this was an effortless feat (those damn preconscious creative types, birthing their works in pain and stress, but not sweat).

Battlecry

Burn the bridges.
Ridges I’ve walked
talked and spoke
nothing.
The sands run shallow
and the tallow
pools end
in Delphic puddles.
Riddles in the middle
of a sentence
writ and passed.
Cast idols,
idle.
The bridle
of the bridal notion
an ocean
of emotion
that overwhelms
the helms and helmets
of the ships
and the armies
of the damned.


William F. DeVault. all rights reserved.
(Dont' forget, National Poetry Month is almost upon us, April 1-30, 2007.)