A Calm Antarctic in May

Modern poetry  modern verse  contemporary poetry  contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem

The stillness matters.  Quietude prevails

The way a frozen king upon a frost

Throne reigns across a frozen ocean, sails

Of icebergs also in his realm embossed

With glaciers along its land.  The white

And pink of peonies wait silently

For garden visitors to come.  The blight

Of loudness, wind, and storm violently

To ruin peace are charged to stay away

Until the ladies come to view the blooms.

High walls and hedges hold the still display

Inviolate inside the garden rooms..

..The guests do not consider this, so dazed

….With beauty’s silence, like ice ponds, amazed.

by phillipw | Jan 13, 2021 | AE, AN, BE, ES, PE | 2 comments