Welcome to Your Poetry Dot Com - Read, Rate, Comment on, or Submit Poetry. Browse Poetry Forums, or just enjoy other parts of our poetic community.
One of the largest databases of poetry on the net, now over 198,500+ poems!
Welcome to Your Poetry Dot Com    Poems On Site: 198,500+   Comments On Poems: 427,000+   Forum Posts: 105,000+
Custom Search
  Welcome ! Home  ·  FAQ  ·  Topics  ·  Web Links  ·  Your Account  ·  Submit Poetry  ·  Top 30  ·  OldSite Link 22-November 01:23:19 AEST  
  Menu
  Home
· Micks Shop
· Our eBay Store· Error Submit
 Poetry
· Submit Poetry
· Least Read Poems
· Topics
· Members Listing
· Old Site Post 2001
· Old Site Pre 2001
· Poetry Archive
· Public Domain Poetry
 Stories
· Stories (NEW ! )
· Submit Story
· Story Topics
· Stories Archive
· Story Search
  Community
· Our Poetry Forums
· Our Arcade
100's of Games !

  Site Help
· FAQ
· Feedback

  Members Areas
· Your Account
· Members Journals
· Premium Sign-Up
  Premium Section
· Special Section
· Premium Poems
· Premium Submit
· Premium Search
· Premium Top
· Premium Archive
· Premium Topics
 Fun & Games

· Jokes
· Bubble Puzzle
· ConnectN
· Cross Word
· Cross Word Easy
· Drag Puzzle
· Word Hunt
 Reference
· Dictionary
· Dictionary (Rhyming)
· Site Updates
· Content
· Special Content
 Search
· Search
· Web Links
· All Links
 Top
· Top 30
  Help This Site
· Donations
 Others
· Recipes
· Moderators
Our Other Sites
· Embroidery Design Store
· Your Jokes
· Special Urls
· JM Embroideries
· Public Domain Poetry and Stories
· Diamond Dotz
· Cooking Info and Recipes
· Quoof - Australian Story

  Social

DARK CITY

Contributed by Varro on Friday, 28th February 2003 @ 11:30:00 AM in AEST
Topic: DarkPoetry



Night settles upon the city,
Where soft rays of the moon mingle with lamppost lights
The light of day gives way to a single shadow
Perhaps a neon light flickers here and there
As the moonbeams spread to bathe the masses of brick and steel
Deserted asphalt and cobblestones echo no footfalls
There - an empty warehouse, alleys cluttered in clothes-lined poles
Draped with menacing ghostly forms
Overflowing garbage cans
Shutters drawn, doors bolted

Wait! A sudden roar in the distance comes
A train clattering on the tracks above
With silhouette casts cobweb patterns deep
Wavering against this moonlit night as the silence is shattered.

The sky grows even darker, more unfriendly,
With black clouds gathering, then, a clap of thunder, companion to the falling torents comes.
These rain-slickened gutters, buildings and streets show sullen shape, familiar brickwork, rooftop images, fire escapes dripping in awash. Lightning bursts to drive off the shadows; for one moment...and is seen a lonely figure struggling to be invisible.

There, in an alley, set between these massive forms a desperate heart lies hidden in the storm, stiff, unblinking, patient..anticipating eyes await, clenched thin lips and pinched nostrils, intense, and intent, with determined stare....awaits!

Safe from prying eyes, the slats of window blinds closed tight, these eyes peering from the shadows...
Coy, conspiring, planning some foul deed.
Then, as a man might exhale, everso faint footsteps grow closer.
A tall figure appears, mounting steps of slate.
His trench coat and fidora soaked, fumbles for his keys.

A muffled gunshot erupts. A scream!
A limp body falls dead to the stoop.
The night gives witness to a darkened homicide.
Then, in a breath, heavy footfalls run past, up the block
Faster, faster, they recede.
A spectre flees avoiding cast-iron lamppost lights
Up, Up the station stairs, through turnstiles, quickly goes...
To the sanctuary of a coming train.
Hurry, hurry...to escape curious eyes. No one sees!

Grim-faced police arrive, the coroner close behind.
The scene of onlookers come, surrounding, murmering, heads shaking, necks stretching, piercing eyes straining -
The task at hand, a case to solve, a mystery to unveil....
A trench- coat'd shamus comes to find
The clues all washed away.




Copyright © Varro ... [ 2003-02-28 11:30:00]
(Date/Time posted on site)





Advertisments:






Previous Posted Poem         | |         Next Posted Poem


 
Sorry, comments are no longer allowed for anonymous, please register for a free membership to access this feature and more
All comments are owned by the poster. Your Poetry Dot Com is not responsible for the content of any comment.
That said, if you find an offensive comment, please contact via the FeedBack Form with details, including poem title etc.
Re: DARK CITY (User Rating: 1 )
by ladyfawn on Tuesday, 4th March 2003 @ 11:17:31 PM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)
wow, this is so brilliant, reminds me of walking in center city philly, walking under the L trains, im very much impressed by your lucid detail...........


Re: DARK CITY (User Rating: 1 )
by LadyDama on Friday, 7th March 2003 @ 03:51:39 PM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)
excellent imagery... i very much enjoy your writing style... very intriguing... blessings...


Re: DARK CITY (User Rating: 1 )
by venkat on Tuesday, 11th March 2003 @ 03:35:21 AM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)
Action oriented scenes. very nice. I don't know how did I miss this. Any how Now I noticed this. Its good. venkat


Re: DARK CITY (User Rating: 1 )
by Jenni_Kalicharan on Monday, 17th March 2003 @ 03:07:22 PM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)
Excellent write!! The imagery was superb!!
Jenni


Re: DARK CITY (User Rating: 1 )
by Feelin_Like_A_SadFellow on Monday, 17th March 2003 @ 05:53:44 PM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)
like everyone has said before... the imagery here is superb


Re: DARK CITY (User Rating: 1 )
by sunflower on Wednesday, 19th March 2003 @ 10:20:46 PM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)
like the mood and the drama of the epic


Re: DARK CITY (User Rating: 1 )
by kels497 on Sunday, 6th April 2003 @ 04:49:38 PM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)
This is a great poem. It tells a story through sharp and dark imagery. I love the descriptions and details in this...good job!




While every care is taken to ensure the general sites content is family safe, our moderators cannot be in all places; all the time. Please report poetry and or comments that are in breach of our site rules HERE (Please include poem title or url). Parents also please ensure that you supervise your children well when they are on the internet; regardless of what a site says about being, or being considered, child-safe.

Poetry is much like a great photo, a single "moment in time" capturing many feelings and emotions. Yet, they are very alive; creating stirrings within the readers who form visual "pictures" of the expressed emotions within the Poem. ©

Opinions expressed in the poetry, comments, forums etc. on this site are not necessarily those of this site, its owners and/or operators; but of the individuals who post items to this site.
Frequently Asked Questions | | | Privacy Policy | | | Contact Webmaster

All submitted items are Copyright © to their submitter. All the rest Copyright © 2002-2050 by Your Poetry Dot Com

All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owners.

Script Generation Time: 0.052 Seconds. - View our Site Map | .© your-poetry.com