Elegy In The Wind Poem by MARINA GIPPS

Elegy In The Wind

Rating: 5.0


A hymn trapped in the wind
after countless Sunday morning mantra,
heckling me until losing a piece of soul.
My unpurged confession appearing finally in epitaph.
(unabridged, first edition, unsigned, un-numbered) .
The words surviving the censure of seasons

For I loved you like a horse wimpering in pain
for its abusive owner;
the saxophone of your voice affecting
our planetary alignment.
I loved you, your disaffected love
of everything not me. And so I wandered
up a hill to hide-only every seasonal storm
had found me, leaving me
more damaged than before.

Weathering poorly as a pupil fearful
of learning one last time, I embraced
the forbidden spokes of the unruly
despite the fact I loved you
when the wind rose up to a funnel in a cloud
of grey dominion- and our town stood still.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Sandra Fowler 22 October 2006

What an excellent write! Gray has its decisive moment in the last line of your powerful poem. Warm regards, Sandra

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Mary Naylor 13 March 2006

A complex poem about a complex relationship. Your language was imaginative and original as were your thoughts.

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MARINA GIPPS

MARINA GIPPS

Chicago, Illinois
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