Specters of Doom by Deborah Guzzi

Gray and Gold by John Rogers Cox, 1943.

 Specters of Doom  
     
      War roars above
        ~ a hemisphere
        gone coal  black,
        blasted with skin
        ~ned  ash,  soot
        ~scores the  sky
and   rubble roils; blood  can not travel on the
wind.  Lines cross,   posts cross,   peace  cru~
cified.  Food  thought,  wry humor  displayed
in fields  of grain from sea to sea.  Commun~
        nication   cut-off
        deafened by  the
        omnipresent gale.
        Fenced in safety
        a jest. The gold~
        en fuel, isolation
        will not save us.
        War roars above
        ~ a hemisphere
        gone coal black
        blasted with skin
        ~ned ash,  soot
        scores the  sky
        and rubble  roils
        Blood can  not
        travel  the wind.


                                 

Deborah Guzzi

This poem was written as part of the 20 Poem Challenge.

Deborah Guzzi is a healing facilitator specializing in Shiatsu and Reiki. She writes for Massage and Aromatherapy publications. She travels the world seeking writing inspiration. She has walked the Great Wall of China and visited Nepal (during the civil war), Japan, Egypt (two weeks before “The Arab Spring”), Peru, and France (during December’s terrorist attacks).
 
Her poetry appears in Magazines: here/there: poetry in the UK, Existere - Journal of Arts and Literature in Canada, Tincture in Australia, Cha: Asian Literary Review, Hong Kong, China, Eunoia in Singapore, Latchkey Tales in New Zealand, Vine Leaves Literary Journal in Greece, mgv2>publishing in France, RedLeaf Poetry, India and Travel by the Book, Ribbons: Tanka Society of America Journal, Sounding Review, Kyso Flash, The Aurorean, Crack the Spine Literary Magazine, Liquid Imagination, Poetry Quarterly, Page & Spine and others in the USA. Her new book The Hurricane is available now through Prolific Press.