|
 Menu
|
|
|
|
|
Social
|
|
|
|
|
Black Gold (Coal)
Contributed by
thewizard
on
Wednesday, 29th April 2009 @ 10:50:20 AM in AEST
Topic:
dedicatedpoems
|
Tall megaliths, stand silent and still
Where pit wheels, once turned
Spinning, with whispering timbre
Taking men to coal, our fires burned
Men with strength, in body and soul
In cramped iron cages, lamps in hand
Waiting to enter, mother earth's heart
Courageous miners, would stand
Brakes released, a cage descends
As a dropping stone, into a well
Plummeting, to the depths of Wales
Taking brave miners, into darkened hell
Rhondda miners, in days now past
Forging new tunnels, they furrowed
Men with strength of a lion
Blackened faced, they burrowed
Brave men, whose lives they gave
While digging for Black Gold
In a manifold of disasters
Stories of courage, today still told
Black pyramids, monuments tall
Scarred mountains, no longer hold
A legacy, of death and destruction
Rhondda's reward, from Black Gold
Copyright ©
thewizard
... [
2009-04-29 10:50:20]
(Date/Time posted on
site)
Advertisments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
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: Black Gold (Coal)
(User Rating: 1 )
by Puppy_dog_eyes on
Wednesday, 29th April 2009 @ 04:12:57 PM AEST
(User
Info | Send
a Message)
|
This is a vivid reminder of how coal really was king at one time.
Not a subject that too many people would tackle but you have certainly done it justice with your treatment of the subject.
I really did want to read to that "bitter" end.
Steve |
|
|
Re: Black Gold (Coal)
(User Rating: 1 )
by windowguy on
Sunday, 17th May 2009 @ 08:04:01 AM AEST
(User
Info | Send
a Message)
|
| Excellent piece that tells it as it was. |
|
|
|
· 
Poetry
Site Help
Members
Areas
Reference
Search
Top
Others
