PoeArtry by Charles Frederickson & Saknarin Chinayote
Almighty earthquakes wreak havoc stench
Uncivilized world turned downside-up
Geological faults zap knockout punch
Constant aftershocks shatter last nerves
Weary soldiers face mask clad
Rescue volunteers clearing clogged impasses
Working tirelessly unaware of fatigue
Depending on charity of strangers
One thousand schoolchildren trapped under
Endless heaps of twisted scrap
Concrete slabs shoddy construction blamed
Parents demand making unknowns known
Shovels pickaxes counterclockwise helping hands
Disarming images limbs poking out
Wristwatch stopped at 2:28 pm
When ticking time bomb struck
Grave reminder bedraggled teddy bear
Makeshift altars wafting incensed curlicues
Burning paper currency traditionally honoring
Beloved only child in limbo afterlife
Clinging to even slightest hopes
Against all odds phoenix ashes
Spectral apparitions dispelling survivor guilt
Cranes uplifting spirits steely wills
The dynamic duo of always toptimistic upstARTs Charles Frederickson & Saknarin Chinayote edit AvantGardeTimes.com, an eclectic cosmopolitan poeartry quarterly EZine. Check out Dr. Chazz’s No Holds Bard website: PoetryArtCombo.com, and Saknarin’s new Glad Thaidings exhibition: http://www.poeartrygallery.th.gs/.
Almighty earthquakes wreak havoc stench
Uncivilized world turned downside-up
Geological faults zap knockout punch
Constant aftershocks shatter last nerves
Weary soldiers face mask clad
Rescue volunteers clearing clogged impasses
Working tirelessly unaware of fatigue
Depending on charity of strangers
One thousand schoolchildren trapped under
Endless heaps of twisted scrap
Concrete slabs shoddy construction blamed
Parents demand making unknowns known
Shovels pickaxes counterclockwise helping hands
Disarming images limbs poking out
Wristwatch stopped at 2:28 pm
When ticking time bomb struck
Grave reminder bedraggled teddy bear
Makeshift altars wafting incensed curlicues
Burning paper currency traditionally honoring
Beloved only child in limbo afterlife
Clinging to even slightest hopes
Against all odds phoenix ashes
Spectral apparitions dispelling survivor guilt
Cranes uplifting spirits steely wills
The dynamic duo of always toptimistic upstARTs Charles Frederickson & Saknarin Chinayote edit AvantGardeTimes.com, an eclectic cosmopolitan poeartry quarterly EZine. Check out Dr. Chazz’s No Holds Bard website: PoetryArtCombo.com, and Saknarin’s new Glad Thaidings exhibition: http://www.poeartrygallery.th.gs/.