In Which I Frolic
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Ore a mann
Equinn, a form
To
Rest the dress
You made on
*
Draping the fabric
Let your hands push firm the pins
And see how it falls
*
The scissors shine like diamonds
Little cuts make little sense
Slice it rather into pieces
Trim it down until you wince
When you finally find the statement
Stand far back, see what you’ve made
Then consider what you might have done
If you were not afraid
If another never knowing
Who you were could see this tomb
Would they find the cavern empty
Or you sitting in the room?
Open wide the brain that builds it
Loosen up the bonds that bind
Arrange the words like draping
Let a reader roam your mind
*or*
There once was a girl from Kentucky
Who considered herself pretty plucky
She loved the absurds
Caused chaos with words
And it made her laugh, isn’t that lucky!
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It’s very lucky! I love this duotych of poems and the lines: “The scissors shine like diamonds/Little cuts make little sense”
I enjoyed this, too, Arwen, and I’m glad you are “frolicking” 😛
Wonderful…..I’m smiling to my cheeks….yes we are lucky to read you…….you have given me a prompt. And we need it this month thank you
This poem is next level in how it really does make the working visual.
I appreciate the shape, rhythm, and playfulness of this very much.
you’re so strange and I love it!
Frolicking is food for the soul. I love this.
In your scisssors strophe, the close rhyme adds to the music in the poem.
This is such a fun poem, Arwen. I hope you had as much fun writing it as I did reading it!