Car Crash Poem by Nellie Isabelle Steward Cooper

Car Crash

Rating: 4.9


I did nothing special
On the day
They put the two youngsters
In their graves
He in his, she in hers

A pang for the father
Who was deprived of the son he knew
(Or did not know) for nineteen years.....

The mother mourning
Her only daughter delicate and shy
Who smiled seldom

And dreamed much.....

Not being able to think past
Horror to see what was left.....

but over and over

Of the smashed car

Walking off forever
Weaponless against death

Car Crash
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Roger Cornish 23 March 2008

another graphic poem. Great work. R.

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Tanya Stanford 18 August 2008

This is so sad. Your words portray a scary mental picture. Well written.

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Deluke Muwanigwa 23 August 2020

The message sad but the simplicity of the poem and the message beautiful

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Harley White 23 August 2020

A strong, well-expressed poem that brings to life those tragic deaths...

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Poetic Sky 23 August 2020

Touching poem.10 h

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Deepak Kumar Pattanayak 23 August 2020

Very touching indeed, well scripted with outstanding style......10+++

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Belle Wassermeister 23 August 2020

Very sad. Congrats on poem of the day!

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Mahtab Bangalee 23 August 2020

Life is kinetic power At the level of breathing, life progresses towards eternity Beliefs show dreams, bring firmness to the rhythm of life Life is one of the carriers of death Death comes not to stop life Rather to think in the opposite way of stopping

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Mahtab Bangalee 23 August 2020

And dreamed much..... Not being able to think past Horror to see what was left..... but over and over Of the smashed car........so beautifully stepping ahead the poetic verse; delightful to read though it's delineated a graph of sadness; if I fixed the car as the pace of life then the smashed car is the symbol of death or end of life; and the last two lines here portrayed the hope of life; very good poem penned; congrats for being selected this poem as POD

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Khairul Ahsan 23 August 2020

'Who smiled seldom And dreamed much.....' - A dangerous combination! Congratulations on your poem's selection as the 'Member Poem of the Day'!

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