Tess Kincaid prompts us to create words inspired by her picture of choice. The Mag is a weekly challenge at Magpie Tales. Join the fun or just enjoy the writings of others. Either way you will not be disappointed.
As the poet sleeps
Skulls of discarded words
Gather and cry
"Why not me?"
As the poet sleeps
Words lay like stones
To be crafted
Into a poetical statue
As the poet sleeps
He dreams
People will read
Enjoy his words
As the poet wakes
He fears
There is nothing
But skulls and rocks.
36 comments:
Very nice poem and I love the art work you chose for today.
Wonderful .
I enjoy the deconstruction... and the way you fitted the pieces back together into your own whole.
All those sculls maybe make us contemplate mortality in dreamland?
All those sculls maybe make us contemplate mortality in dreamland?
Your words made me envision pulling apart and falling back together.....lovely.
Very good and aptly appropriate!...:)JP
Creepy Creepy
Will not let me sleepy, sleepy.
Scary Mary
waiting for Larry..that is what i thought when i saw it....you know i am NOT a poet
You covered it all very well , I did not see the sculls until i read your poem, had to enlarge it and there they are...
at least you are left with your much loved rocks... there are a lot of them there...
and some days there is
but you build with what you have
been given. smiles.
cool spin on the pic
This is so very true. As writers, we all carry a fear of ideas we never breathe life into.
What an interesting picture and poem.
Lynne x
'Into a poetical statue' - love it!
A fine and inventive response to the prompt
Tess's mags are wonderful prompts- I used to have such fun with them. You always come up with a great poem..you make it look so easy!
I enjoyed reading your take on this Magpie prompt. Particularly like the 'sculls of discarded words'. Well done.
Nice poem, a sign of the dark?
Cool write on the prompt, loved the imagery of skulls as discarded words.
Look at what you accomplished today!
Interesting and unique take on the prompt!
I loved this poem. Wonderful.
Poetical statue.......very nice.
I found this very Jolly, Roger, thanks .......
Love the illustrations and your words Gail. Very well done!
I enjoyed your poem very much and I also saw the skulls as unused words..bravo!
I like your smooth delivery. Your words pair nicely with our photo as well.
This is very cool!
Aw. There is plenty more than skulls and rocks.
But sometimes those are needed too. ;-)
Very well done, Gail. ♥
I love this verse
"As the poet sleeps
Words lay like stones
To be crafted
Into a poetical statue"
oof you pack quite a punch, wow
Intensely enjoyed this! I'd tip-toe around him, that's for sure!
Awesomely creepy. : )
Nice! Love that last stanza--a fear I can relate to. Well put!
I like how you emphasized the bony bits...
That sums it up nicely.
Skulls and rocks and poet dreams. this was an awesome poem, thanks for sharing.
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