One Single Impression: Mask
In Hiding
Why do you wear that mask
Lone Ranger wanna be?
Do people often ask
reveal yourself to me?
Brazen robber abhorred
stealthy night man so vile?
Incognito—you lord
over the night a while.
On your path to the ball
imbued with rich ego?
Grandness one dares not call—
one peek before you go?
Noted surgeon sterile
cap, gloves, gown, mask applies.
Nurses and scrubs at will
glimpsing beneath your guise—
Features blatantly shine
yet emotions unseen—
thoughts latently abide
your being hides from me.
Curious me, I want to know, reveal yourself to me
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© 2010, 2006 Jimmiehov
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Prompt suggested by Amity at Dreams Are My Reality
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using "Mask" as prompt
Labels: One Single Impression, Poem, Rhyme, Syllabic Form
posted by Jim @ 4/18/2010 12:04:00 AM
19 comments
19 Comments:
Good selection of masks and their uses.
You missed out my favourite - Super Heroes.
A pleasure to read this!
rosy mask
Do we ever know? Or should that be 'see the light'? :-)
Jim, this was really wonderful.. is one the masked persons in the photo yourself? :)
Well done, Jim. Pretense--such a deadly, deadening thing.
The photo is wonderful.
Jim, I really enjoyed the photo and your poem. You describe the mask we hide behind so well.
This is such an intriguing photo. I'm guessing from Halloween. Nice poem and take on the prompt as well.
Hi Jim--
I'd seen the photo on your blog before, but it still makes me smile!
Nice romp through personnaes...
Thanks!
a mask make us wonder more than bare bodies.....
The picture is wonderful...and of course the poem gets along so well...
loved reading it..
masks surely can make us lean in to know what is underneath. Perhaps that is one reason that folks mask who they are, a mystery to inspire curiosity. Oh, I like that idea for a poem... hum
I quite enjoyed your poem Jim.
Out of curiosity I doubt he will take off his mask for you, Jim. No one ever does...
Love, love, love that AND the picture! Is that You and Mrs. Jim? So many different kinds of masks aren't there? I loved this prompt! Have a great end of the week
Ah, what you know and what you want to know are often two vastly different things!
Impressionable mask
masks galore...yeah, we want to really see what's behind the mask just to see the real one...:)
you did an awesome work here Jim, and i am glad u were first to post your own and to support this prompt!
thanks so much!
and the pic? the more i am curious whose behind those masks...:)) nice pic, though!
This is wonderful Jim. It is good to read your work again.
Melanie
How transparent the guise. You really shone the light (excuse the pun) on the folly of pretense.
The photo made me giggle.
cute pic:)...enjoyed my read:)
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