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Question: Can you read this and tell me what you think of it!?
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REST IN PLACE

Bamboo music
on strings
swayed by wafts
of steamy-hot
summer breezes,
tap and rap
their wooden tones,
in time with God!.

Dry porch boards
that used to
arch and tug
at old square nails
as each step was told
to an indifferent cat,
asleep on the swing!.

Time measured
by drips of cool water
spattering from
the rusty scupper
to paint the limestone
clay red!.

If I must be a ghost,
I choose to haunt this place!.

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
I believe in Ghosts, so I believe in you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Bamboo wind chimes, squeaky porch flooring, and dripping water!. These are three things almost everyone can relate to!. We had the porches and the dripping when I was young, but not the wind chimes!. We had the wind blowing through cedar and fruit trees, and bluebirds singing their song!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

This is very good; the rhythm flows nicely and it is full of good imagery!. I especially like the first stanza!. My only question would be the last two lines; they seem unearned!. You are describing a setting and then suddenly move to the ghost thingy!. Are you thinking about impending death!? If so, it needs to be set up a little better!. Actually, I think the poem stands up very well without them; just end with "paint the limestone / clay red!."Www@QuestionHome@Com

The verse took me to an old town somewhere in the far east; a controversial place one wishes to dwell even as a ghost!. Knowing that ghosts can be friendly, like Casper, Y!A, poetry forum, isn't a bad place to haunt either!.Enough bad ghosts and shadow people, please!
TD, Well put!.
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All the senses musically engaged: hearing, sight, touch, taste, smell --and memory, motion -- in a short, powerful poem!. A twist at the end, making the poem even stronger!.

Is this a new one!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Rest in place, a ghost's chosen haunt!.!.!.!.a wonderful theme of familiar comfort continuously callling us!. I loved this piece!. Thanks!.

SueWww@QuestionHome@Com

Love the way you described the sounds in each stanza!. I can see it and I can hear it!. I too would choose this place!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

threadbare curtain flapping,
wind whispers and
leaf litter voices

That's what I got, loved it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

If I must be a ghost,
I choose to haunt this place!.

Your poem is good and readable and is it possible to change the above linesWww@QuestionHome@Com

Sounds like a place of memories worth holding on to!. Lovely poem!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

We could all use a virtual scupper for our own devices!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think a well penned piece!. Great images!. Ghost about all you like!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I liked Orbiting Mass more!. This one is a bit hirsute!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

the old rusty scupper!.!.!.!.!.so much life flows throughWww@QuestionHome@Com

A delightful snack to wake up to!. Thank youWww@QuestionHome@Com

magic!.!.!.do we all haunt the places we love!? I'd really like to that before I die!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com