Today — September mocks with warmth
its sun pretends to be a summer’s smile
and we enjoy forgetting how it’s fueled
by war, by oil, by beef we eat — we feed
the dragon that from underneath consumes
ourselves, a planet dying caused by us.
Tonight, the bars were wild as if tomorrow
is forgotten; in summer dresses feigning
right before the fall when darkness sets
A mild breeze is acting as August’s passed
while uncaged V8 engines roar to tell
about the cause for autumn’s soft demise.
Today Laura hosts dVerse MTB with a prompt on the Tableau:
Poetry Style:
1 or more verses
6 lines per verse
5 beats per line
Poetry Rules:
title should contain the word ‘tableau’
poem should aim to be pictorial
no rhyme scheme
Also she wants us to be influenced by the poetry by Sam Hamill and if I understand correctly he was very engaged in anti-war poetry. I tried to mix in references to climate change in the fact that we have a wonderful summer here right now in early September.
Alas mine is an alternate Tableau. I missunderstood the word beat to be an accentuated syllable, but the true form should be 5 syllables (much easier). I actually tried to write it with variation to the 5 beats not to be blank-verse (pentameter). But maybe this is a new form I accidentally invented. (sorry for the confusion)
September 5, 2024
Björn Rudbergs writings 
You captured the September mood with the dose of the dark reality of of our world – war, oil, and effects of climate change. Too bad the planet is dying because of us. Glad you had a good summer Bjorn!
The summer was pretty cool in the mountains so for me this September summer is bliss, but when you think about the cause it’s less fun
sorry I did not make it clearer with beats as syllable but a packed Tableau of issues in September and double entendre on Fall adds piquancy
An powerful tribute to August and September!
A very important reminder
Very clever. Reminding us it is not only changing seasons anymore. We are changing the planet.
Nicely done. I like the note that we still like our V-8 engines while talking about climate change!
I am afraid fall is a reminder of all that has fallen apart in our world. One needs to be careful when feeding dragons. Great examples of change.
Lovely to see you back at the Pub, Björn! I enjoyed your Tableau and the way you set in in time, day versus night. I especially love the personification of September in the opening lines and the way it contrasts with war and the dying planet.
Great write….We feed the dragon, indeed and “uncaged V8 engines roar to tell about the cause for autumn’s soft demise”….a powerful line
Beautiful words to describe a terrible situation. (I am beginning to think this form cant help but result in beautiful poetry – even in you variant version.)
*your variant
Rules / Schmules, I say. If rules are going to keep you from writing verse as good as this, then rules should be banished. Nice work! (And thanx for your kind words on my rule-breaker as well).
Rules (from time to time) get broken … we are the recipients of your lovely poetry.
I don’t think I grasped ‘the beats’ either, but so what?
Wonderful poem with a reminder.
Beautiful… I miss this. I mean writing 🙂
I love the line “its sun pretends to be a summer’s smile”, that leads into all the other stuff, probably a lot of the reason ,”the bars were wild” so “tomorrow
is forgotten”