the sisters Death and Night ~ Micro Poetry

Death and Life ~ Gustav Klimt

Reconciliation

WORD over all, beautiful as the sky!  

Beautiful that war, and all its deeds of carnage, must in time be utterly lost;  

That the hands of the sisters Death and Night, incessantly softly wash again, 

        and ever again, this soil’d world:  

For my enemy is dead—a man divine as myself is dead;  

I look where he lies, white-faced and still, in the coffin—I draw near;          

I bend down, and touch lightly with my lips the white face in the coffin.

Walt Whitman

Today is the day we put the "mini' back into the Sunday Mini-Challenge, and return to the option of form poetry. The object of this challenge is to write a poem in no more than 10 lines (but you may write in fewer than 10 lines all the way down to a single American sentence). You may choose your own form or stick to free verse, if preferred. For those who would like a bit of guidance, or further choice, I have provided a link to The Poet's Garret, showing a variety of sestets.

 The subject matter for your poem is wide open, but bear in mind 'the sisters Death and Night' angle. I look forward to reading a number of short poems, from Saturday through to Monday. The link does not expire, so please feel free to write more than one poem, and a return to comment on poems linked later would be appreciated.