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Friday, September 21, 2007

WHEN HUNGRY HOUSES ATTACK (a sort of renku) by Patricia Kelly




WHEN HUNGRY HOUSES ATTACK

fingers caught
in snapping drawers
tasty tidbits

the carpet trips me
meat tenderized

the over stuffed chair
does not let go
appetizer

boiled by the shower
low calorie meal

midnight snack
yawning cabinet door
slams me

the house groans
it’s never enough



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I wrote the above in April 2006, but my house's appetite is even greater these days. With all the sorting, moving around, cleaning, tossing, packing, etc. I'm doing it's been on the hunt constantly. It's seems to love particularly to snack on fingers and toes, with the occasional shin and tenderized skull tossed in for variety. Maybe it's filling up for the winter of its days once I've moved out and it will be empty for who knows how long? :-)

The form I wrote in above was inspired by the Japanese form, renku (or renga). It's definitely not a true renku, but resembles it in the alternating 3 and 2 lines. (See "Resource" below for information on renku/renga.)

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Resource: Renku Home.

‘til next time, keep dreaming,

Roswila

[aka: Patricia Kelly]

****If you wish to copy or use any of my writing or poems, please email me for permission (under “View my complete profile”)****My other blogs ROSWILA’S TAROT GALLERY & JOURNAL and ROSWILA’S TAIGA TAROT.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

HAIKU: Response to One Deep Breath Prompt of 9-18-07

CLAIRVOYANT CHARM DUST

eye of newt, bat's tongue
dessicated and powdered
sprinkle liberally


'tis soon to be the season! (Cackle, cackle...) The prompt on One Deep Breath this week is to write a recipe, and use a title if we wish. Since food is an area of my life fraught with difficulty I decided to take a different tack on "recipe..." And since I'm a Pagan, it is thoroughly fitting, as well. :-D

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'til next time, keep dreaming,

Roswila

[aka: Patricia Kelly]

****If you wish to copy or use any of my writing or poems, please email me for permission (under “View my complete profile”)****My other blogs ROSWILA’S TAROT GALLERY & JOURNAL and ROSWILA’S TAIGA TAROT.

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