Artwork by Kim Yansub. Courtesy of ArtChowk Gallery.
The rotting yellow farmhouse
always the same
appearing in my dream
the symbol of our decay
a home of strong bones
no longer held up
by the habit of standing
reduced to a pile of sticks
disintegrating on the spot
where we once loved
It is here that light falls
and darkness rises
to welcome us
to the demolition
of another day
~ Dan von der Embse
Dan von der Embse started writing poetry after a 37-year career writing countless advertisements for numerous advertising agencies, and his poems have been accepted to appear in upcoming issues of Decanto, Poetry Pacific, and Poetry Quarterly. He lives in Los Angeles.
