Monday, April 6, 2009

NaPoWriMo Day 6: Response to a Photo

This is for ReadWritePoem's Day 6 prompt. We were asked to write a poem in response to the following photograph by pensiero:
















And You thought You Were In Charge

Hanging
marionettes.
Who is controlling them?
The hand of fate? I hear the clouds
smirking.

8 comments:

  1. Marionettes? Brilliant interpretation!

    Claire

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  2. I love syllabic verse. It's all very down-to-earth in an up-in-the-air sort of way until the synaesthesia at the end.

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  3. Double fun-not only are the clouds in on the joke, but you can HEAR them smirking. Neat and concise.

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  4. I really like this. The form is perfect for the image prompt.

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  5. I was not expecting the smirking. I would have never thought of marionettes, love that imagery.

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  6. Love the whole idea of marionettes...and the little bit of sarcasm in the title!!

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  7. Love the "hanging marionettes".

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