The cruelest months go by each day
they wander with a restless sway
unaware of falling mirth
and sinkholes opening in Earth.
Chinchillas chin chinning with big wolves blow inning
while spoons run circles through sky.
Passersby passing windows entrancing
and catching the little dog’s eye.
Swing deep round the sun with chariots undone
like broken chair yellow hair girls.
Jump over the moon where candlesticks swoon
and Little Bo makes not a peep.
Frickers frick fracking a diller a dollar
a scholar stays up to count sheep.
Dance to the fiddle of monkeys with riddles
while baby bear’s broken chair weeps.
Little Miss Muffet her spider beside her
responds to her followers tweets.
Hickory dickery walnut and chicory
bake those birds up in a pie.
The cruelest months go by each day
they wander with a restless sway
unaware of falling mirth
and sinkholes opening in Earth.
Brenda Warren 2016
Notes: The prompt at NaPo today asked us to write about the cruelest month. I thought for awhile, and couldn’t come up with one. And so began this stream of consciousness that flowed quickly from my fingers. A bunch of nonsense with some nuggets of sense, I think.
I actually really enjoy this! Especially your use of consonance!
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What a word dance you have created my friend. Delightful nonsense partnered with those nuggets of wisdom. Can’t beat and wouldn’t even want to try, Brava, again,
Elizabeth
http://soulsmusic.wordpress.com
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“nuggets of sense” is right. This is awesomeness. And the nonsense parts DELIGHT me.
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There is so much I like about this one, from the clever caption to the alliteration to the simply delightful nursery rhyme allusions, and the Jabberwocky-type opening and closing. In fact, all of it!
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I like how it bounces along, Brenda. I particularly like Frickers frick fracking a diller a dollar! I love surreal.
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Your arrangement of words…wow! Every month can have it’s cruelty and it’s nonsense! Visiting from NaPoWiMo.
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It’s a lovely bunch of nonsence. I specially liked the non-peeping Bo!
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