In shadows deep, where sorrow swells,
A chilling beauty blooms, a bittersweet fire,
Darkness, a cloak, yet swirls with grace,
Twisting, enchanting, as fate conspires.
Through tempestuous nights, where lost souls roam,
The heart’s chamber pulses, defying despair,
Beauty thrives within the void,
Illuminating paths, though no light is there.
A nightbird's song, a haunting delight,
Sings of mysteries cloaked in dark’s embrace,
With fervor ignites the trembling flame,
In depths unseen, emerges a silent grace.
O, sorrow’s seeds, in shadowy soil,
Dare to bloom with elegance profound,
For in the bleak, an unbroken strength swells,
The tortured rose, endlessly unbound.
From nightbird’s plume and midnight’s breath,
A mosaic of dreams begins to dance,
In the folds of darkness lies a spark divine,
A call to rise, a fervent advance.
So dare to roam the corridors of night,
Where grief and glory intertwine as one,
In the embrace of myths and mournful tales,
Find the beauty that belongs to none.
For in the heart of solitude and strife,
The spirit soars on wings of shadow’s song,
A symphony of courage, forged in pain,
In darkened realms where we all belong.
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Tim Carmichael
Tim is an Appalachian poet and cookbook author. He writes about rural life, family, and the places he grew up around. His poetry and essays have appeared in Bloodroot and Coal Dust, his latest book.
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"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan6 days ago in Beat
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The musicality of your verses, especially with nightbird and midnight imagery, makes the darkness feel alive rather than oppressive.
This is the kind of poem that stays with you. Dark, but full of courage and quiet hope. Loved it
Wonderful look at light and darkness.
Lovely
This made me think of Tennyson's "The Eagle," not because the messages are similar, but because of the way the poem hits - "...like a thunderbolt..." The juxtaposition of light and dark is really well done. "The tortured rose..." is a great image - so rich. It's a poem of strength - and the ending is the thunderbolt - I was swept up in "The spirit soars on wings of shadow's song." Then the ending line..."...where we all belong" just left me stunned. Wonderful work Tim.