Post by Wolf on Feb 23, 2004 13:15:48 GMT -5
Leviathan
It came.
Through shaded glen, round hill,
through vale came leviathan,
its great single eye piercing the shadows
within moss-lined banks, freezing creatures
great and small with its baleful yellow gaze...
Over brook, past bluffs crept he,
slow, ponderous, sinuously, causing earth
and forest to quiver, sending tree-dwellers
scurrying frantically to safer abodes,
chattering their fear and terror...
Far through the forest and dale
all heard his breath, and trembled, slinking
away silently to hidden places deep
in secluded glens far from the fuming breath
of leviathan...
Leviathan of 300 cubits length, who crawled the path
of twin steel rails...
© T. GhostWolf Davidson, April 24, 1974
Footnote: I tend to write allegorical free form poetry as y'all know; this is one of the more allegorical ones that was inspired by a trip I took with my wife, Mou.
In the Santa Cruz mountains, there is an old steam train that winds way up into old-stand redwood trees, where a picnic area is located. We took the train and a picnic lunch with us, and got off so we could enjoy the solitude of the forest - and take the train back later (it made a trip every hour and a half).
Mou and I were watching the various animals; chipmunks, deer, a racoon - and a skunk (who fortunately didn't come very close) - when we heard the train returning. The reactions of the animals to the sound of the train, and the vibration in the ground - enspired this poetic allegory.
