This week was terrific fun playing with words. On Facebook, a few of us managed to speak in R’s until we were quite tickled (and at least I was laughing; if not everyone else :)). We started out with rogue, and it snowballed (degenerated? generated?) from there. Here’s a little barely-a-poem to commemorate the festivities…
Rogue.
Renaissance Rogue?
No, my friend,
more like Restoration Rogue,
a scandal if there ever was one.
That’s what happens when
you mix your R’s, go renegade.
Rogue. Resistance. Restoration. Renaissance. Rebel. Rascal. Racketeer. Rabble-rouser. Rowdy ruffian.
Why not relish the words,
like a recluse, eating riffraff
on a Monday afternoon
(and most likely up to no good)
Viva la revolucion
I say, wishing I could wag my tail
like someone’s pet Rottweiler
Ah, but the tail’s gone,
I notice. Crazy world of
R’s.
Roger that. Even if
it isn’t vogue.
— taken from the fun words of Karen Swallow Prior, Kathleen Overby, Jessica Kistler McGuire and Deborah Henry. Goodness, not even the poem is immune to rebel activity.
Now. Back to the serious matter of today’s feature. I loved this simple poem from Maureen based on Marcus’s Barbies Wordle…
Black eyes like stone
cool everything,
make night burn empty
even around poetry.
That’s it. Poetry is a fine receptacle, for everything from the fun-loving to the contemplative. Thanks to all our Random Acts of Poetry participants…
Violet’s Mourning Music
Sandra’s Poems in Waiting and More Poems in Waiting
Maureen’s Black Eyes Like Stone
Karin’s Poems Hiding in Plain Sight and More Poems Hiding
Karen’s There Isn’t a Story
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HisFireFly says
Late afternoon Wednesday I added more poems here at http://hisfirefly.blogspot.com/2011/05/more-poems-hiding.html
Maureen Doallas says
Thank you for highlighting my tiny offering. A lovely surprise.
L. L. Barkat says
Maureen, I am particularly a sucker for good poems about poetry 🙂
Karenee says
I always enjoy RAP. This is a fascinating approach to words, which I think would be helpful with writer’s block, too. Thanks!
Maureen Doallas says
I got inspired by those rolling Rs; to wit:
Remiss
1
What rogue is he
that could resist
his restoration
by such lips as rouse
a rascal from too restless sleep?
What raw-boned rebel
would renounce
such ravishing
by light of rueful moon
that roves the midnight sky,
the stars a rave in progress?
2
You, recanting renegade,
do you recall
your rant so rash,
the risk you ran,
red-necked and redolent
of her sweet breath
upon your ruddy brow?
3
Remiss you were, sir;
and she, denying you
redress, remarks again
upon your reckless rippling
roundabout the roadhouse.
And so reduced are you
through such rebuke
as reasonable wife
might render rubbish
and a rube.
L. L. Barkat says
Karen, yes! Here’s to more unblocked writers 🙂
Maureen, these are delightful. What a marvelous treat for a Friday afternoon.