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Softer Step Through Bridges
Alala !
Sing o' bridled unicorn -
torn petal's musk mane
Trot high hills
Softer step through bridges
Dance wheresoever a natural
tanabata arena raised
The dead decide rage -
silent ghosts twiddle wink
Unmind why...
Heigh-ho !
9/16/2016
An anagram of a quote by Harry Styles of
"One Direction" re: Bridge/Girlfriend/Candles
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY
Anybody else?
Sex is like Bridge. You need
A good partner or a good hand.
But more than that, you need
To each attend and understand.
To start simply and slowly,
To build rapport and gently to expand
Your repertoire. Increasing trust,
Acceding to demands
And suggestions with implicit faith.
No fear, no urge to reprimand.
Communication, tacit and overt,
Spontaneous and planned.
Careful observation leads to empathy,
Frees adventurous spirits and
Ultimately, amounts to telepathy.
Ok then.
YesNo. Very short, but alot going on beyond the words. Not the sort of thing you read once and move on. I recognised the sentiment.
Pendragon. Yesno needed a bridge, you have one but don't know wether to cross or not - a timeless question. Perhaps a little too straightforwards in language to describe a metaphorical situation.
Cassie. After the fourth reading it began to open up. there's something interesting in every line, a poem you can really mine for meaning. I hope it's not autobiographical.
Tailor Stately. You almost had me at bridled unicorn! A poem born of bridges, but hard to cross.
Spikepipsqueek. My Granny taught me bridge, and sex can be like snakes and ladders sometimes. Nevertheless a good idea well executed.
And the winner by a short head is...... YesNo
Well done Yes/No.
Sorry Mick for not participating, the subject was ripe for a follow up to "walls".
Life is too hectic for the time being.
Congratulations YesNo. Well deserved :)
Thanks, prendrelemick! And Gilliatt Gurgle and Cassie Hughes!
The next topic is Halloween or spooky stuff.
Congratulations YesNo !
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY
Thanks, tailor STATELY!
I put in my calendar October 18th, two weeks from now, as the end of the contest.
Night fears.
When you wake in the night
And you're choking in fright
And you see only black
Like your head's in a sack
And you only surmise
You've opened your eyes
'Cos the dark has your face
In a smothering embrace.
And your heckles are rising
Your brain's energising,
A shudder up your spine
From a primeval time
Tells you beware!
There's something out there.
Then will you hear
With a sharp thrill of fear
The lift of a latch;
A feint snicker-snatch,
And your mind screams to shout
'Cos you know without doubt
The Red Legged Scissor-man is here.
The Damned Dead.
In dead of night when all is still
and silent are the halls of men,
They wander, lost but unafraid,
Those darkling spirits, mean and fell.
In life their tales were fierce and grim
with blood and gore their only aim,
Now freed from body, still they stalk
perpetuating evils fame.
Some deeds are carried ever on,
Into the endless night of death,
And lend no peace to such as these,
No chance of sleep or final rest.
To some may pity spring to mind,
To others hope of souls redeemed,
But those who stray within their grasp
discover malice never dreamed.
Those unsuspecting who may then
encounter spectres such as they
will have no choices left except,
To gird their loins and run away.
He Happened Upon a Glome
three days had it rained - the mists of
the valley near obscured the pearl
harvest moon when John entered in
the dank clearing - he came upon
a glome pulsing - infrangible
as a pitch night - damson beings,
there performing a ritual
as obscure to human thought im-
aginable, became aware -
sensing John, an anomaly,
vibratory beyond their ken -
raduliform voices called one
to another retreating to
the glome and in a twinkling
departed this world leaving John
a paragon of tantivy
10/18/2016
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY
Contest is over! Thanks for all the entries.
prendrelemick: Nice build up to the Scissor-man's appearance.
Cassie Hughes: Sometimes the best thing one can do is gird one's loins and run away.
tailor STATELY: I liked those damson beings performing obscure rituals sensing John as the anomaly.
These were all spooky.
It is hard to decide a winner, but here it goes: prendrelemick
Congratulations!
Well done prendrelemick. I loved the chilling feel of yours, great for reading aloud to scare the kids when you're sitting in the dark at halloween!
Congratulations prendrelemick !
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY