Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Poem In Response to~ The Poetry Palace Thursday Poets Rally~ Week 56~ The Silent Carriage~


What cart is this?
what Roman or Ancient Red Indian Shaped
carriage, royal or classic or roaming on the range
where the buffaloes run
where horses gallop rough
and race the stagecoach strange;
where for miles no soul can be seen
where cries of YUHOO , Hiyaah
sound in the valley
with snapping cracks of the whip;
where shooters hide in the alley
but now tis silent
still and cold, where is the coachman
brave and bold, no horses no reins
no travellers for the gains,
parked aside in red and white,
yet, its grandeur still abides.
'Away Away, no horses neigh
No oil burns the lamp, bright-
I do see a group huddled n hooded
rubbing their hands,long boot footed,
what plans , what journeys, what rides
A mystery masks the man in the dark
and so is the  silent empty carriage, parked.

5 comments:

Chim's World of Literature said...

i lik ethis, esp the sounds of action you have written about teh horse...wonderful..

Dave King said...

I like the way you build the mystery from related questions.

Rohit_blogger at http://floating-expressions.blogspot.in/ said...

returned to found this lovely silent & deep poem on ur blog..there is some strange aura about it!

Anjum Wasim Dar said...

Dear Friends Chim, Dave King and Rohit, many thanks for visiting and for the encouraging comments.I am grateful.

JBinford-Bell said...

The rhythm of the poem seemed to be that of hooves as the poem built.

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