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| Mmmm...Heavenly |
Sure, sometimes I'm in a contradictory mood. My friends might say I'm often in a contradictory mood (I'd try to contradict them - no, maybe I wouldn't.) This week, the Poetry Stretcher over at The Miss Rumphius Effect asked us to write a poem beginning "They say..." and then to contradict what it is they say. In the comments over there, someone said they'd had a bad summer, that all hell had broken loose. Which inspired me to write some light-hearted (as opposed to dark-spleened?) contradictions.
Two Contradictions
They say all Hell breaks loose.
I'd say some nights
it draws in tight
it draws in tight
as a hangman's noose.
They say that Paradise
rolls out like Heaven-come-eleven.
I'd say some days a pair of dice
won't do, though mint tea would be nice.
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Poetry Friday this week is being hosted by Anastasia Suen over at Picture Book of the Day. Head over there to see what poems are being posted.
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Poetry Friday this week is being hosted by Anastasia Suen over at Picture Book of the Day. Head over there to see what poems are being posted.
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i liked this and was bitten instantly with the following:
ReplyDeleteyou say light-hearted verse
is contravened
by dark-spleened
but what i think is worse
is how they say what doesn't kill you
makes you stronger.
here's what they mean:
don't vent your spleen
and we'll let you live longer.
i'm going to blame the insomnia here, julie. there's a thin line between lack of sleep and lack of sense sometimes. forgive me.
Hi Julie--I left this note at TMRE, too, but not sure you'll see it there:
ReplyDeleteJulie--Thank you for that poem. You are so right. Hell is like a noose, drawing tight and clawing at my neck. Powerful, horrible image.
Even poems about awful things can make me happy. That, along with a mug of mint tea, can definitely make a day heavenly:>)
Ahhh, I love your contradictoriness. I love holding two things at once and knowing both are the truth. I love that the embrace of a contradiction makes us bigger people.
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Lindsey
Like :)!
ReplyDeleteOh how I've missed having the time to check out Poetry Friday! Love your fun contradictions. Mmm...mint tea can often right my world.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing.
:-D I like it!
ReplyDeleteI love the contradiction of light-hearted and dark-spleened the most!
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