We who with songs beguile your pilgrimage / And swear that Beauty lives though lilies die, / We Poets of the proud old lineage / Who sing to find your hearts, we know not why ... (James Elroy Flecker)

29.8.25

To Look or To Be?

 

If I need a lewk, can it be

Morticia Addams; or would that be

delulu? New hair would be

a must, but you know I’d be

so fine in black. Now, don’t you be

telling the broligarchy! They be

hating witches; so then where’d I be?




 For Friday Writings #192 at Poets and Storytellers United, we are asked to explore or include the following words: delululewkbroligarchy. This is when I know I'm old! The prompt is not compulsory, so I needn't have done it, but I thought I'd have a go. However, I didn't love these words enough to really enjoy them.


PS I hoped that ending each line with the same word might help make some sort of poetry out of  this piece of nonsense.


(Morticia Addams came to mind because I have been enjoying the second season of  'Wednesday' lately – and yes, I am very old: I've been wanting to look like Morticia since Carolyn Jones inhabited the role.)



4 comments:

  1. Clever use of the prompt words, Rosemary. Broligarchy write use, I had forgotten who you were.

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  2. I love this cunning, witchy take on the words (fine flash poetry) and may you always have your inner Morticia Addams - Jae

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