Lay still my beating heart!

Beneath the white-wet dew-lit foxgloves,
The lichens and apricot boughs
Beneath the dusky gray church-cock tower
And the ambient wet westward clouds,
Lay still my beating heart!

As silence wrestles with silence taut
As topaz ladybird march unduly
Through the myriad ichors of lustrous web
Through a needle of time unraveling,
Lay still my beating heart!



Poetry by M Heathcote
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Written on 2007-05-03 at 17:34

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penfold18
Excellent writing Mark, creates so many images.
2007-05-04


F.i.in.e Moods The PoetBay support member heart!
i could see the scene your words describe here as a painting... the ambiance they produce strikes me vividly... once again, very beautiful writing... :f xx
2007-05-03


lastromantichero The PoetBay support member heart!
this is a mesmerising text and touches of Thomas Grey therein well done rgds mike
2007-05-03


Elle The PoetBay support member heart!
You give great colour to this poem, a sense of awe as a world unfolds - enjoyed reading

Elle x
2007-05-03