Anyway ... got another poem done ... this means that I need to get 10 more done next month to have an even 4,000 poems written from 1976-2001 ... I think I'm going to try to target doing 200 poems a year (I used to write 250 poems a year ... and kept that up from 1987 through 1997) starting wtih 2002 ... which will mean racking up another 1,000 poems every 5 years instead of 4, but being a bit easier-to-manage 16-17 poems a month rather than the previous 21 (or 4 a week instead of 5 a week). Of course, you can read the old stuff (as I get it edited) at the Big Poetry Site ... http://i.am/btripp
FRAGMENTS OF BROKEN LIFE
1
into this tunnel
into other times
revisiting visions
of what once was
and what was known
and what was held
so close, so cherished
so long ago
2
every joy we near
withers, dies
irradiated by the curse
which poisons all our days
which rips the nightmares
out of our sleep
and gives them flesh
and license to destroy
3
darkness hovers
at all the edges
each act we do
each task we tackle
is shadowed over
by this doom
by this touch of death
by damnation
4
the pointlessness
the pain
of all these empty efforts
fated from the start
to failure
to frustration
to loss and anguish
and the mocking of the world
5
we cycle down
the sickening spiral
in worsening states
dark to darker
sad to sadder
dread to terror
is there no end to this?
is there no release?
- Brendan Tripp
11/30/2001
Copyright © 2001 by Brendan Tripp