Old Raven by Jon Fitzpatrick
The prompt was to self-describe in ten lines, up close and personal:
OLD and dented, but only mildly discouraged
WOMEN always remember - It Could Be Worse
LEAP-FROG across my heart - come on, I dare you!
OVER and over, same old same old, but beats
the alternative
DITCHES rhymes with witches ~ a clue
WHEN will it all get better?
OLD as the hills, but with an undiminished
cackle
RAVEN fly me across the forest on your
midnight wings
CALLS the wolf, like a shot, I'll be gone
I found this in my draft file - a Real Toads prompt from a while ago, to be read both down (first words) and across. I must have played with it, but didn't post it. Just found it and it made me smile. Plus I have zero inspiration going on at the moment. Posting for Real Toads Tuesday Platform.
Sherry, this is amazing. How you carried it off is beyond me. I have trouble just writing me normal prose style.
ReplyDeleteSo so fun. (And wise.) I especially enjoyed the witches line. k
ReplyDeleteReally like the approach you took with this poem, Sherry. An interesting technique!
ReplyDeleteso clever and still artistically penned
ReplyDeletegracias
I can't believe you managed this at all, let alone flawlessly. This is exceptional.
ReplyDeleteThis was wonderful, imaginative and inventive. If this is just hanging around your scraps, then you are truly gifted indeed.
ReplyDeleteFascinating structure. Well done.
ReplyDeleteInteresting, Sherry! Calls the wolf... gone like a shot.
ReplyDeleteluv the tale, but more so the emphasis points from the form you used makes it a much more interesting read
ReplyDeletemuch love...
I've never seen this form before. I loike it and I love what you wrote!
ReplyDeleteI really like this, it made me smile too.
ReplyDeleteA big smile (cannot cackle really)
ReplyDeleteThank you, very much, for the huge smile, it brought me, while reading it, Shelly. Will admit the current situation with my diabetes, has worsen my seasonal depression.
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