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A Wonder of the World
by James Shammas (Age: 44)
copyright 11-06-2005


Age Rating: 10 to 127

 
He didn't see Giza
Laugh at the sun,
Peering beyond the stars,
Splitting the sun like an atom.

He thought symmetry
Would point him far
As slaves went round the base
Whistling folk tunes

Close to earth,
Perfecting the fatal flaw,
A dead design. So
Ruthless pharoah

Hardened like a lifeless bone
In jewels and shackles,
Splayed in amber
Like a tiny fly.

Millenia would pass
Before Giza's scalded skin
Fleshed out her
Skin and bone diamonds.

Her calloused hands
Had the last laugh,
As the pharoah's masks
Dulled in glass cases.




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11-07-2005 Anthony Lane Stahlhut    

A good poem means many different things to many different people. This one I had to ponder on for a few days. I think it means that a mind left to itself without outside help. Or loneliness looks for answers. Tears down things to find those answers and sometimes the answers reveal faults in the armor.That armor must be remade to get closer to the perfection desired, the flaws must become clear and the armor re layered to get back to what it once was. Or was my answer merely the mind of another deranged person?
11-07-2005 Jean George    

Hi James...This poem has sent my thoughts on so many journeys that I don't know what to say about it except that I don't really think you are just describing the cell division of an amoeba....I'd like very much if you emailed me the background of this poem. I'd be intrigued to know what brought it about...the only other thing I can think to say is that too much introspection can lead to a myopic vision of reality both inner and outer but I have never been sure if that is such a bad thing for a poet.
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