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Shadows
by Chris Sorrenti
chasing shadows
on the wall of life
people who once were
but are no more
we can’t talk to them
but they speak to us
through works of art
in countless different
shapes and colors
chasing shadows
on the wall of life
the Library of Congress
is full of them
dancing in the dust
of civilizations gone by
while the living etch out
fresh shadows
in the contours of the globe
chasing shadows
on the wall of life
the museums fill up
with new dinosaur bones
and the paleontologists say
if Tyrannosaurus
would have survived
he’d be running for President
of the United States
chasing shadows
on the wall of life
things that once were
but are no more
the newspaper printed a photo
of Manhattan
circa 1935
and the shadows on the wall
they smiled
© 1985
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09/20/2008 Posted on 09/20/2008
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| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 09/20/08 at 10:46 PM Very reflective - I really like the "people....." stanza, and as more and more are lost from my family, their photos and writings become so precious. "chasing shadows
on the wall of life" - a great repeating element.
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| Posted by Charles E Minshall on 09/21/08 at 03:21 AM I think a tyrannicalsaurus is president now.....CharMin |
| Posted by Michael Faraday on 09/21/08 at 03:58 AM well said and all that jazz. enjoyed. cheers, m |
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