a tale of tails, tenacity, and tedium, as told by me, usually barefoot and bellowing
Showing posts with label Seventh Layer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Seventh Layer. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

In The Seventh Layer

a thorny tree deformed
bears poison fruit
caught between bloody rivers
and flaming sand
eternal impalement
of my own making
awaits

Choosing the seventh layer, second circle of Dante's Inferno, his epic poem describing nine layers of hell.  I also used seven lines for Poets Untied prompt of Seventh anything.
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