A Town Deserted
A Town Once Thriving Now Deserted and Forsaken
A drive down an abandoned road
main street crumbling beyond repair
signs fallen from rusted posts
a town once thriving now deserted forsaken
main street crumbling beyond repair
signs fallen from rusted posts
a town once thriving now deserted forsaken
Concrete sidewalks cracked
store front windows boarded up
shop shelves barren newspapers fading
a town now vacant, lonely compromised
Stop lights blink trash discarded
gas pumps empty chores unfinished
homes unkempt gardens overgrown
a town forgotten, desolate, disowned
Published by Deb Martin-Webster
Originally from Pennsylvania, author/artist Deb Martin-Webster and her British husband Pete, currently live on a small farm near the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. They enjoy the simplicity of their... View profile
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9 Comments
Post a CommentThank you Orchiolum. I really love old ghost towns especially the ones from the wild west!
While traveling through Death Valley I found a similar town which seemed to be much older (no traffic lights or gas pumps), perhaps a leftover from our early Wild West days. Very interesting experience.
Fantastic description
Great work Deb! Sounds like something out of the Twilight Zone, but, alas, I think that it might be a town in today's world and that is so sad.
Thank you all for your comments, @Lorraine, this photo was found on Wikipedia by a friend of mine who knows I love sepia tone photography. I believe the photo is of a town in Tennessee, circa 1970. I wrote the poem as a thank you for his thoughtfulness.
Hmm. I hope this place isn't somewhere you know well. A wonderfully reflective verse, however.
Deb, so sad but lovely enough to write a beautiful poem about it.
Excellent.
I love these places.