Eight lines in one minute using the word allegro has me
spinning like a top let loose upon a rimless coffee table
coming mighty close to the edge only to rebound back
to center scrying the underside of my insides for
words to enter this ominous whiteness and make it
feel like they just might matter to someone who reads
them as light pulls them up to their eyes where the top
spins then settles into the cracks of their souls.
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In an imaginary garden with real toads you will find more pieces using the word allegro and written in a minute. I cheated and wrote for almost two minutes to hit a point where it felt finished (1:48). A stream of consciousness dictated the piece…then I moved the margins over until it was in eight lines and here you have it. Thanks for stopping and for sharing your impressions.
undercaws 
Holy mackerel, this is wonderful! Whew!
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That top on a coffee table brings such a visual tension, and that’s exactly what the time limit is all about. You made it work for you, because I like your allegro.
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“scrying the underside of my insides” is so much better than contemplating ones navel! LOL And it obviously worked for you. ♥
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I love the way you ended it!
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This is really cool! I can feel the intensity.
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1.48! Even so the result is just great!
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I like it, Brenda! The top is a good image for what our pace of life can be….going in circles…at full allegro speed.
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Brenda, you did a superb job with the prompt. A challenge I wasn’t up for 🙂
Pamela
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“words to enter this ominous whiteness” – so many brilliant poems started from just that…:)
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Brenda, you really did write fast to get all those words down in so short a time. Brilliant S of C.
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I think you have summed up what we all hope for our words here: ‘feel like they just might matter to someone who reads’
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Brenda~ I love the image of a top on a rimless coffee table… scrying I’ve never heard before… thanks for participating.
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Thank you for the prompt Laurie…it woke my muse this morning. 🙂
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