Silver Tells
Shadows in the silver
Show a white raven
But the bird is black
Hanging upside down from a clock
Ticking backwards.
Someone has painted yellow
Across the blue of my sky
Causing glens to grow
Between the stumps
Housed in my bag.
I am at the crossroads
Standing on copper plates
Laced with purple ink
Watching the newspaper boys
Collecting pennies from the gutter
Waiting for the
Bus to carry me beyond the bicycle racks
Into the point lace wrapped around my beret
Where a woman
As old as the glaciers
Weaves fate betwixt her needles.
Image by Omid Armin
Dominic Alapat
A beautiful and profound poem! Love the disjunct idiom you have here!
Jenny in Neverland
This is a gorgeous piece. I love your longer pieces x
adamjnew85
Those last 3 lines finish it brilliantly 👌 I love the word betwixt 😂
Jaya Avendel
It is a magical word!
Boss Babe Chronicles
So stunning, Jaya! I love this!
Thecaskconnoisseur
You have an amazing talent at writing some fantastic pieces of poetry, what an inspirational, keep it up, it’s brilliant 😁
Jaya Avendel
Thank you for your amazing words!
paeansunplugged
Amazing and vivid imagery, Jaya!
Shantanu Baruah
wow – so many myriad emotions weaved into a masterpiece – one of your best
travelogged_135
The last three lines are so good, this post is beautiful. Loved it’s subject! Thank you for sharing 🙂
Jaya Avendel
Thank you for your kind words. 💖
athousandbitsofpaper
Your imagery is beautiful. Weaves betwixt her needles … love it.
Jaya Avendel
So happy that you enjoyed one of my favorite lines from this piece! 🙂
athousandbitsofpaper
One line can make a poem, pull it all together and make it memorable, loved it Jaya.
diaryofagaydad.net
Love the subject matter. I like to be left feeling thoughtful! Bravo Jaya 👏
Jaya Avendel
I like some thoughtfulness too. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts!
diaryofagaydad.net
Thank you and Thank you Jaya.
Rachael
Beautiful poetry! Your work is stunning! ☺️
glowsteady
I loved this one, I think it’s one of my favourites by you to date. So thought provoking x
Jaya Avendel
Aww, thank you so much! I am delighted you enjoyed this piece.
adamjnew85
Love this, especially those last 3 lines, finishes it perfectly.
Jaya Avendel
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this piece!
bournemouthgirl
This is beautiful Jaya! So thought provoking!
cherbelle
Your poetry is simply stunning. You’re so talented. ❤️
Pragati Mahapatra
Oh, what a beautiful poetry this is! <3