My last tassel
That was my tail, the grey and the brown
Curves and waves and swings
I loved the feel of it on my rump,
Swings and curves and waves
It shooed flies and flicked
Waves and curves and swings
Fit for a king’s crest, a herald, a judge’s crown
Now curled and waved and swung
for Magpie 58: http://magpietales.blogspot.com/
33 comments:
A sad lose, but it still looks beautiful.
Clever words. Nice one.
very clever take on the photo- nicely done!
Interesting take, glad that you share it! Thank you!
Clever take on the prompt, bittersweet.
Beautiful interpretation, very unique tail in this tale!!
Love this piece. Yes, certainly an extremely clever take on the photograph
We all give ourselves to something -- nice verse...
rob kistner
Image & Verse
Nice tail tale.
Poetry24…where news is the Muse
Oh, this is perfect. Very perceptive, you. It is a horse hair tassel. My husband brought this shield back from Kazakhstan.
Clever... I love the repitition and changing of "Curves and waves and swings"...
It's so good that someone thought of the poor horse. I like it!
Lovely take on the prompt, kind of a tribute to the poor horse.
Excellent response to the prompt -
Love the beautiful tail in you tale! :-)
A sad tale (sorry...tail.)
Poor horse...I love this! The tail is what caught my eye in this prompt, too.
Very interesting take. Bravo!
Anna :o]
Isabel,
You have a great ear: the 3-times repetition in an 8-line poem is a very brave thing to attempt, but you manage to pull it off to lilting perfection. I love the wry [or is it coy?] tone of the poem, clearly it evidences a poet in command: there's the nod to the reader and the wink of the poet who has a few tricks up her sleeve. [Heaney said that in 'Music into Words', and I don't quote the H-Man too often]. A lovely poetic coup.
John
Clever and original..quite a tail!
How sad! But you wrote it so well - and what an imagination!
I can see the war horse...
What a neat twist on the photo!!
A brill tale of a tail!
A very fun tail...tale!
This was a bittersweet read....of course, that is the art of it. Once a living thing now a symbol. About all that can be expected I suppose. Very, very good. Vb
It is lyrical and it conveys so much of what is preserved and treasured.
It's a clever perspective. I also like the almost-repetition.
Interesting switch-around- very clever!
Thank you to all the kind comments on the poor tassel. I was also alluding to the pathos of Robert Browning.
And John, to be mentioned in the same sentence as Heaney is an honour I can't quite grasp.
Very clever in deed...a proud magpie.
Very clever use of words and of the image! Sort of sad too.
Wonderful, Isabel! What a treat you are....your poetry, and your general writing.
I'm coming back. You are refreshing!
Lady Nyo
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