The Mortal Portal



The Mortal Portal
The mortal Shadows sing
Like Dreamtime’s Didjeridoo
And Picture’s Porcelains Ming
In Sight emerge in situ

To just attract the Eyes –
Two Nerves attached to Lotus:
Look! Ears catch the Cries
In Aragonese crazy Hota!..

So Threat-like Singing sounds
In Bottom deep Formation,
Where Oceans’ burning Ground
By Scars cut Revelations

To then expose them all
To Ears of Shadows mortal:
Two Nerves attached to Poles,
Now, listen! Catch open Portal!..
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Submitted on January 07, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCBC DXDC XXCX XAXA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 458
Words 76
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 4, 4

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