coarse black and at a heightened clip
from ear-top follicles suddenly fertile
after decades of smooth-flesh dormancy.
Add to that a stubborn snout intent
on lengthening and willful fingers bent
on becoming gnarled claws. The horror
signs indicate a slo-mo transition
from man to wolf, but don't let that put
you off your supper. We're all made to fall
apart. Creep on over. I'll take a little
nibble, and we'll howl at forever's moon
together.
This poem is written for Big Tent Poetry's Week 5 Prompt and Jill Crammond-Wickham's suggestion to poetically "join the ranks of the wild and crazy."
14 comments:
wild and cazy indeed!
this motivated me to write about
"hare in unwonted palaces"
:D
just the other day a friend quoted some famous guy i didn't know saying that sometimes wolves keep silent and moons howl...
unrelated... i know... just wrote it for the sake of craziness...
:)
so the wolf reveals himself in everyone someday? :) oh, boy. a great idea for this prompt!
Good heavens Francis this made me laugh out loud!
I love the last stanza!
Pamela
This made me laugh too. Nothing wrong with wolf men, though. The bad guys are often those without hair on unwanted places, i.e. the piggy men. :)
Hope no one I know undergoes this change....but you're definitely right on with the line that 'We're all made to fall apart.' Nice work!
http://inthecornerofmyeye.blogspot.com/2010/06/tauranga-jet-boat-ride.html
The conclusion of your poem was stunning.
"Creep on over. I'll take a little
nibble, and we'll howl at forever's moon
together."
Great!
http://troublebeingstrong.blogspot.com/2010/06/pedaling-through-provence.html
A tandem howl - what could be finer? And the hair does just keep outrunning the need. ;)
That was awesome...had me laughing full on. Between you and me, and all those that read this of course, my hairy hubby is heading toward the downhill of it all, and wire-ish bits are new and many uninvited guests that we kick to the curb (with my help, as he can't see his ears so well without it) When acceptance is not, Mr. Tweezers is, an old man's friend!
- Dina
"We're all made to fall / apart." Amen. But, you make it sound so wonderful!
I can't stop laughing with that ending. Fantastic creativity with this one and I think, one of your best.
Fun and spooky, but yet if you look, a much deeper quality...how man is but a semi-tamed beast!
Intereting twist at the end...the first two stanzas gave me that chicken skin :)
Great fun, and so true (most of it)! We are made to fall apart. Like the twist at the end. Takes the poem to another place.
(Side note about the theme: I've written about my eyebrows growing wild. I need to go back & add a fun ending.)
@hb I'd really like to read that piece "hare in unwonted palaces" ... it sounds like it could be a fable. It's good to get crazy now and again :D.
@Carolee Yeah, we all go through a bit of devolution in the end.
@Pamela Thanks... it served its purpose then :).
@Jenny I'd definitely rather be a wolf than a pig (despite that huffing, puffing story).
@Mary I don't wish the hairiness on anyone.
@Diane Thanks... no use enjoying a howl worthy moon alone.
@Tumblewords Yeah, it's like Sisyphus and his rock, but you've gotta keep clipping.
@mpl It's a bit frustrating how they keep sprouting in new locations.
@Linda I like to celebrate life's oddities ;).
@PS I should probably do more pieces with this tone.
@Cynthia And self-tamed at that.
@Ana This horror movie has a happy ending (I think).
@Deb I'm off to check out your eyebrows now :).
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