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And when it ended<\/strong><\/p>\n there was a terrible groan<\/strong><\/p>\n like the voice of a tree<\/strong><\/p>\n falling from the weight<\/strong><\/p>\n of too many seasons of death<\/strong><\/p>\n and the pain of rebirth.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The ground could not hold.<\/strong><\/p>\n Rocks heaved a last appeal.<\/strong><\/p>\n Space filled <\/strong><\/p>\n with an anarchy of white<\/strong><\/p>\n shifting to red.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n And then a silence<\/strong><\/p>\n deafening, more profound,<\/strong><\/p>\n its inevitability told<\/strong><\/p>\n at the instant of its birth<\/strong><\/p>\n when the word was everything<\/strong><\/p>\n green, young and ours<\/strong><\/p>\n we lived in that moment <\/strong><\/p>\n not knowing it would end<\/strong><\/p>\n with none of us to hear.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n Biography: \u00a0Nominated for the Pushcart Prize<\/em> and Best of the Net<\/em>, Neil Ellman writes from New Jersey. \u00a0More than 1000 of his poems, many of which are ekphrastic and written in response to works of modern and contemporary art, appear in print and online journals, anthologies and chapbooks throughout the world. \u00a0His first full-length collection is Parallels: Selected Ekphrastic Poetry, 2009-2012<\/em> (Omphaloskeptic Press).<\/strong><\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n editor@artvilla.com<\/a> <\/strong>www.facebook.com\/PoetryLifeTimes<\/a> \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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