Poetry and More

Poetry and other creations by Stan Stewart. Sometimes, it’s just the poem. Sometimes, it’s the story behind the creation.

A mountain range beyond a sand covered landscape with clouds overhead represents modern parables. By https://pixabay.com/users/divotomezove-1979640/

Strange Parables – an #improv #poem

Strange parables are these;Beyond interpretation.Their stories backwardsAnd their chroniclers misled. In the aftermath of reason,We perhaps abandon themOr can, throughout our lifetime,Puzzle over all they hold. Parables and how we take themAre but a simple mirror heldOut before our features: Broken,And misshapen forms. Fear is such a dread companion.How its judgements misconstrueWhat our savior wants

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World on fire: a brush pile burns with two distinct flames rising from it.

The World Is On Fire – an #improv #poem

A deathly silencefilled the void of wondertoday.The world rangloudly with that silence. A ladder appearedin front of me.Its top-most rungwas hope and expectation. But the many stepsbefore that includefear, anxiety, shame,dread, and more. I could not imaginea more fearful momentthan this:That all I had hoped forand all we had builttogether could be scuttledcompletelyby the violent

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