Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears, Coda

Contributor Series 9: If Men Had Ears
Coda
By Michael K Gause

Pitch black, I need to hear screaming down the street
and that eternal hymn of our weakness

Swears mingle with moist cool air
like drunk brass arguing over the tempo

An organ of tires comes screeching so
I do not miss a moment's beauty

Breaking bottles act like symbols
for me and the other metaphors here

And once in a while,
upsetting the whole composition with a laugh,
an uninvited coda of hope


Michael K Gause's poem Passages I appeared here in January 2011. It was fifth runner-up in the First-Ever vox poetica Poetry Contest.

Posted by Annmarie at 6/19/2011 9:03 AM
Categories: today's words, Contributor Series 9
Tags: Michael K Gause Contributor Series 9 music
 

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