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Grumpy Granny is up with this week's contest. The theme as noted, the rules are at her place. I am entering but not actually competing, as I will be gone. It is a fine theme. As usual, I have some darker takes on it, right away. To, though, I have a mild one. Go play, I love to see what folks do with their mind. And I love trying to wrap some of them around my tongue, mind, or both. Hie!
Whispered to No One
siliquous of dumb
no one told, no one knows, shut-
screams of discontent
no one told, no one knows, shut-
screams of discontent
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The Roar of the Ethereal
in my ears, nothing-
the world shakes, rattles, and grinds
I hear with spirit
the world shakes, rattles, and grinds
I hear with spirit
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Transcendental
nothing and no one
No touch, no smell, no sound ~ shh!
peace ascends thought
No touch, no smell, no sound ~ shh!
peace ascends thought
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A Moment?
simplicity of
soul ~ the cool touch of nothing
auditory nil
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A Cup of Shutthehellup
Solitude of sound
All I ask. Request denied.
Tweak soul through the eyes.
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Oh, siliquous was not used crazily, though... stretched. The pods of the mustard seed... For pods, think of ears, dumb ones being deaf ears. But the mustard seed has a great affiliation with Christianity, the blossoming of faith. As such is it an offering of salvation cocommitted to the surety of damnation. Lots in there to... consider. Not just a... throw off.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering about your use of siliquous..
ReplyDeleteI love the 2nd and 3rd..
But especially the 2nd.
Well, I just have always liked the word, too. And it is so difficult to find a direct way to use it unless you are a specialized biologist, which I am not. I saw the opportunity and jumped, if I had to... use a whole lot of (I hope I can call it this) artistic interpretation. Siliquous... just... it's like a nicely wet kiss to my oh so thirsty ears. *smooch*
ReplyDeleteGlad that two of them were good! Two out of three would get me into the major leagues!
I never said the first one wasn't good .. :-). I just couldn't quite wrap my brain around a mustard seed in this context until i read your comment. I actually googled the word. I don't even know how to pronounce it.
ReplyDeleteSilly - cwoss. Urhm, not you, the pronunciation. Or, at least that it how I say it. If you have a Southern accent I canna help ya, lass.
ReplyDeleteWell, the first one, I figured it would have to be explained. While some poets like that, I don't. Now, I don't mind a rereading finding new... meanings and ways of understanding. Those are sometimes, as often as possible, written in. Some of them have many meanings, many many. But it is a failure if the audience doesn't understand, and I was very... abstract in this case. Too abstract.
Dude!
ReplyDeleteI'm embracing my inner dudeness...
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"auditory nil"
ReplyDeletebrilliant!
I worried I had gone a bit too... clinical? I just couldn't get over to the more personal, if for a reason or three on this topic I think. But if you like it I am quite satisfied.
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