Her dampest flight

AMG 1980 (Lagos)



Something good is sometimes hideous
A plight I sought roughly unhindered
Seeking escapades, craving headstone

For, I felt so impaired and emptied
And this egregious night could not mop,
Away with this mediocre hoary bod

So I joined and soar and raced the clouds
Telling folklores, fairy tales - unheard-of
Belittling the cloak of the mighty heaven

Enchanted, I thus seek and fear
Volution! Solution! evolution
But I vote volition against my flock

In hysteria, in hoodoo
For a distance that killed my voodoo
Like some fictitious foods in a distant igloo

My gallivant wit needs a soothing need
This aching soma is now a needy senile gull
Halt comrades! I need to slurp and lull

Soliloquizing, I heard 'Hey quirky, you pecking?'
Asked a spooky monkey, whistling and swinging
Lie! lie! I won't heed your delirous hunt

Flitting back to when sturdy wax unsteadily
When conscious conscience battles the williwaw
Next, my thoughts rejig to a celestial chorus

Bah bah bah, Blah blah blah
I sang, I swayed, then sank
Strayed in this quest as I finally perched on him

A forlorn wisdom hidden in a sagely hood
(An epic acumen veiled beneath sacred woods)
And away flew woe and my doomed mood

I saw. I frank, then shrank
Baby sucks mother’s breast from the back
And I cranked

As a house of horror became my coveted realm
Why then, this troubled my bank of tears
While bluffing and blinking, I blanked

'Let this emptiness come with hooting joy
In lieu of envies which heavily bred this forte'
Taught, tonight, to me, by my heroic lone monk

In secret
In yoga
In India

About this poem

A monstrous old bird, little gull, left her migrating flock to feed and later got lost. Finally she found herself in the forest house of an aged monk in India

Font size:
Collection  PDF     
 

Written on April 18, 2021

Submitted by gabrabimbola on March 18, 2022

Modified by gabrabimbola on March 18, 2022

1:27 min read
26

Quick analysis:

Scheme ABX CXB XXD XDX BEE CFF GGX FXA XHX XXX HXI XXI XXX XJJ
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,568
Words 290
Stanzas 14
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

AMG

I have always lived my life and theatre never leaves my side. In my dwells an epic theatre more…

All AMG poems | AMG Books

1 fan

Discuss the poem Her dampest flight with the community...

1 Comment
  • Symmetry58
    Creative much? How anyone can conceive of such things is beyond me, but here you be the walking concept. I read a piece like this and think, why can't I be this creative? Meh! I'll stick to what my man brain affords me and leave brush strokes to the artists. Thanks for the amazing painting, brother. 
    LikeReply 12 years ago

Translation

Find a translation for this poem in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Citation

Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"Her dampest flight" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 24 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/122735/her-dampest-flight>.

Become a member!

Join our community of poets and poetry lovers to share your work and offer feedback and encouragement to writers all over the world!

April 2024

Poetry Contest

Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
6
days
19
hours
10
minutes

Special Program

Earn Rewards!

Unlock exciting rewards such as a free mug and free contest pass by commenting on fellow members' poems today!

Browse Poetry.com

Quiz

Are you a poetry master?

»
What American novelist took the title of his novel from a Robert Burns poem?
A John Steinbeck
B Thomas Wolfe
C Thornton Wilder
D John Dos Passos