Wednesday, September 30, 2026

A Slow Night Walk

 

                                                                                                Artist: John Atkinson Grimshaw.

Image: John Atkinson Grimshaw's Silvery 
Moonlight (1836-1893) public domain

Choice of the Masterpiece
Hank picked the above as it gives a perfect perspective effect. It is akin
to standing in the middle of a railway track which appears to meet at the top. 
It provides a depth effect 


A straight and lonely street
Late at night accentuating the creeps
The moon shy in emitting light
Lingering smokescreen of long misty nights
Phantoms real or imagined
Following not far behind it would seem

The feeling when walking alone
Still far from home
Loose pebbles on the ground
Being kicked the only sound

Setting eerily in motion
Wild imaginations
Words and names could not describe
Like water gurgling out a broken pipe
It had the feelings of a long walk 
To walking with heavy feet

Sanaa at d'Verse Poetics – Through the eyes 
of John Atkinson Grimshaw

1 comment:

  1. I love this - you put me directly into the shoes of someone experiencing a chilling late-night walk.🙌

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