So, at dVerse this week, Anthony Desmond served up a prompt for “Poetics” saying “Let’s tap into that childlike creativity for today’s Poetics:
create a fantasy world, and try to stay away from the familiar; be outlandish
in your writing, e.g., trees take root in the clouds and it rains
blackberries and oranges, instead of cats and dogs… corny example, but you get the point.” Not sure I accomplished it but it was a fun write for sure! Go check out the rest of the post, and links after you read mine- it is a great place to hang out!
Well… my muse showed up this morning and we journeyed together, here is the fruit of that journey. ..
The Not So Hidden World of Notnarnia
It’s whispered, they’re crazy
lunatics, too
found behind curtains
and things misconstrued
they fall to the floor,
tumbling free
scatter ’bout places
where others may be
dancing, reveling and whispering lies
creating great mischief
wherever they hide
Among the specks of dust they ride,
rejoicing in darkness
and hopes to deride
those that love pure fairy dust
they scoff at them, laughing
instead bringing rust.
Small, unseen, clown like beasts
their legion, dominion
holding great feasts
Dining on the excess and strife
swinging from cobwebs
they lead raucous lives
though unseen they may be
there presence is felt,
when you sneeze, snap, buckle
or tighten that belt.
Everywhere they lurk and and scheme
each wearing a smirk
as they arrive on the scene-
mayhem they bring,
loudly they sing
like drunken pirates on open sea
chug-chug-chugging catastrophe.
So mind your mirrors, corners, and things,
the places you visit
and all that you bring
back to your place
carrying with
a host of gremlins
unknown to you
but those you host now,
might anger brew.
Keep your own creatures at bay,
be on guard for the ones
that stow away,
for you host them
each and every day.
Notnarnia
is
not faraway.
7 responses to “The Not So Hidden World of Notnarnia”
Life is quite an amazing ride when we finally learn it is up to us to be free like this in the clown age of life.. that we can only hold down.. with efforts to stale it…as come before as come now.. moving or stillness.. a plan or not of way..:)under or over way….knowing life does not have to make…
sense..:)
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Ah.. I think those little critters are not necessarily kind.. we have a lot of these little ones lurking.. but you have to bribe them so they don’t cause havoc.. but if you feed them a little they provide good help…
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oha – not far away indeed… they turn up surprisingly – and if we’re not careful they can cause a lot of confusion…
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yikes////not narnia does not sound very fun at all…our little stowaway gremlins….we have to be careful not to share them…
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I definitely will be trying to keep at bay those ones that stow away!! This was a fascinating write…..but I hope to be spared the gremlins. Smiles.
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would be so cool to swing on cob webs
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