[Shutdown Frames]
A Darker, Moodier howl can sometimes be heard.


This Poem was written for a contest using a "word list."
See below for more info on this type of poem.


The Path of Lovers

He returns, disturbing peaceful microbalance
painfully rebuilt from the ruins
left when last he walked this road.

At her gate he stands again, manorialism,
and inflaming superiority intact,
champing at the bit for more pain.

A spindrift of emotions sweeps over her,
cloaking her heart with a manteau of
lust/fear/anger/...what?

A cancer of love-fed hatred
grows deep within, lighting the
inalterable path, the knife appears...

Now he lies dead, returned to a
final calaboose, self-made, sheets twisted
round naked body like a Punjab's lungi

Cured, she stares at this lifeless shell,
What path, she wonders, brought
her love, her inamorata, to this end?

©William Davis1/18/99


The Word List Poem

A word list poem is written using a specific list of words which must be used within the poem but cannot be used more than once. (Variations or forms of the word are usually OK) In this contest the line limit is 20 and the title of the poem is given, thus setting a specific subject parameter. The words in this list were: manteau, cancer, inamorata, manorialism, spindrift, lungi, calaboose, inalterable, microbalance, and champ.

Want to try your hand at this challenging contest? Go here:
Word List Poem Contest Page

Hey, How hard can it be? I took third place.


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