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[Mardrax]

love
hate
juxtapose
those not opposed
the first behind
the latter enclosed

Fabergé
in cast yellow plastic
shell within a shell
taken away
on the full moon tide

Rachmaninov
on a one octave xylophone
a tool not easily wielded
by those unproficient

Edited January 19, 2015 by Mardrax

[Wyvern]

Good poem, Mardrax. :-) I really like the rhythm of the words and the rhyme in the first stanza, and once again think that you demonstrate a knack for incorporating syllables well in your poetry. I also found the juxtaposition of elegant jewelery and composers with the limited resources of plastic and single octave xylophones very interesting and thought-provoking. The one word that really felt out of place to me in the poem was "unproficient" in the very last line, as it felt very technical and somewhat stilted to me in comparison to the rest of the piece.

 

Anyway, I think this is a well done poem Mardrax. :-) Thanks for sharing it.

[Mardrax]

Everything has a meaning, Wyv mate. Here, everything continues on the latter and the title is a timestamp

[Parmenion]

You have always been too clever for me!

[Mardrax]

that's because of all those bad quality Irish greens mate