Saturday, June 17, 2017

Micro Poetry ~~ The Day


Emerald Cave Morakot, Thailand
from Kerry's post, June 17, 2017

The Day When 

Her bones turn to dark emeralds
Hues of green, admirable sheen
Guarded she'll be, teeth of gems green
Brazen thieves their wares they pedaled 

Her blood will turn to fine Merlot 
Drink of queens none finer for them
Hair of shining gold, fine emblem 
Dreaded thieves their wares all aglow

Emeralds, gold, wine undid her 
Thieves.  She's sold to highest bidder

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 - Photo (see Toads link below) and Poem Copyright © 2017 Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved

 - I'm linked with, at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, Micro Poetry ~ Dark Emeralds, http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2017/06/micro-poetry-dark-emeralds.html


 - Kerry's words for us, "Today is the day we put the "mini' back into the Sunday Mini-Challenge, and return to the option of form poetry. The object of this challenge is to write a poem in no more than 10 lines (but you may write in fewer than 10 lines all the way down to a single American sentence). Choose your own form or write in free verse, if preferred... our frame of reference is "Dark Emeralds" - from the final line of this poem by James Wright" again at the Toads link above.

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8 Comments:

At Saturday, June 17, 2017 11:10:00 PM, Blogger Gel said...

Vivid poem. I like this short poem challenge! - gel aka Emerald Eyes( an old blog nmae of mine) also your poem tells an intriguing story

 
At Sunday, June 18, 2017 8:12:00 AM, Blogger Kerry O'Connor said...

Her blood will turn to fine Merlot..

A wonderful image, Jim.. Thanks for the many shades of green.

 
At Sunday, June 18, 2017 10:54:00 AM, Blogger brudberg said...

I feel the blood as wine being almost like a vampire story.

 
At Sunday, June 18, 2017 12:47:00 PM, Blogger Sanaa Rizvi said...

Beautiful!❤️ I especially love "Her blood will turn to fine Merlot" ❤️

 
At Sunday, June 18, 2017 4:44:00 PM, Blogger Rosemary Nissen-Wade said...

What luscious imagery!

 
At Sunday, June 18, 2017 6:35:00 PM, Blogger WildChild47 said...

brilliantly powerful ending - lush and rich - and yet something darker, foreboding - a fable like feeling to this

 
At Sunday, June 18, 2017 6:57:00 PM, Blogger purplepeninportland.com said...

Dark, mysterious tale beautifully told, Jim.

 
At Monday, June 19, 2017 8:47:00 AM, Blogger Magaly Guerrero said...

Sipping life by the glass (or the bottle) can have such terrible effects...

 

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