Dead Glory

Greeshma Nandanan 1988 (Chennai)



A beauty,
they called her,
She was white
as snow,
There wasn't a single man,
whom
she didn't know,
A thousand women,
she'd feasted upon,
For her skin so tender,
so silky,
as dawn.
But who was to know
that her skin
white as snow?
Was a crimson deal
with the dead,
6 feel below?
And now,
the men knew her
as the only woman,
Who remained alive,
When the rest
were no more.

About this poem

The macabre story of a woman's beauty secret.

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Written on December 08, 2013

Submitted by greeshma.nandanan on July 31, 2022

Modified on March 06, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFDGHBAIDJDKLDMBGNOP
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 373
Words 92
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 24

Greeshma Nandanan

An author of a published book, she began writing at the age of 8, and publishing, at the age of 11. She is fascinated by horror but what's even more fascinating, if not a little enchanting, is that all her work is based off her dreams. It's true. She dreamed this poem too and remembers how the lady looked, felt, and smelt. more…

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