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Sunset Tower

April 25, 2009
By hbwriter SILVER, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
hbwriter SILVER, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
It's time to trust my instincts, close my eyes, and leap!


Silhouetted so sharply against
soft rose and orange clouds,
it stands.
Black against
the brightness of the foamy sunset,
it rises out of a dark landscape.

A pillar of man, set on spindly legs of iron,
it mars the picture.
Light shines all around it,
giving form to this splotch of humanity.
Brazen before the majestic sky,
the water tower stands silent.


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on Jun. 16 2009 at 1:11 am
Inkspired PLATINUM, Whitby, Other
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Favorite Quote:
"If one will scoff at the study of language, how, save in terms of language, will one scoff?" - Mario Pei
"I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die." Isaac Asimov

Love it! How you describe it a splotch of humanity, so wonderful, like 'amyxu' said, great imagery. Beautiful.

on Jun. 14 2009 at 12:52 pm
hbwriter SILVER, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
9 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
It's time to trust my instincts, close my eyes, and leap!

It's a water tower...it says so in the last line...

amyxu said...
on Jun. 12 2009 at 7:31 pm
It's...oh, a lighthouse! I think...

I love the figurative language in this. I'm just having a little trouble deciphering it (but that's probably just me). Good job! :)