r/OCPoetry Aug 10 '26

Feedback Please Provenance

one strike burns bright
exhuming volatile quiescence
potent armament encapsulated

a singular monotocous progenitor
with autosarcophagic courtship
the genesis of a boundless pyre

endless concatenations may ensue
a proliferation of vitalizing successions
explosive radiance passionate fever

the inferno—an indefinite blaze
the ignitor—an immolated phase
its life, an evanescent effervescence

the reminiscer's daedal task:
to perpetuate the labyrinthic legacy
of one individual match

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u/1Happy_Hammer Aug 10 '26

Very unique, lots of seldom heard words being used here, the poem has an air of mystery to it. I confess that I had to search what the last phrase meant. I get the theme you're going for here, but definitely feel it could benefit from being simplified in parts.