Sunday Whirl (Wordle #92) presents a list of words
that we must incorporate in a writing piece.
The words this week are:
art, pearls, sticky, bone, filaments, charge, beware, call, skin, air, cell, knocks, linen.
Lead, Follow
(Waltz tempo)
Fur and pearls
Bobs and curls
Well dressed gent
Posh accent
Ruling class
Crystal glass
Art and tea
Society
Lead follow
Lead follow
Lead follow
The quick charge was gavelled in,
Coarse linen, rough on tender skin,
The fetid smell of the unaired cell,
Small insect share the room, as well.
The sticky floors and bowls of swill,
The bones, aching from the chill,
Justice is now a relative concern:
Much depends on what you earn.
Fur and pearls
Bobs and curls
Well dressed gent
Posh accent
Ruling class
Crystal glass
Art and tea
Society
Lead follow
Lead follow
Lead follow
Beware of the mistake of complacency
When unravelling filaments of decency
The rules you set can rebound on you
What cooks the goose, gets the gander too,
When things upset your house of cards
And you have alienated all your guards,
When the mobs rise and storm the wall,
Who'll be there to take the call?
Fur and pearls
Bobs and curls
Well dressed gent
Posh accent
Ruling class
Crystal glass
Art and tea
Society
Lead follow
Lead follow
Lead follow
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© J Cosmo Newbery 2013
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Liked that, but I usually dance to a different tune :)
ReplyDeleteYour description of a prison cell is vivid and disgusting. Well done. I like the rhythm of the piece.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lilt to this piece, but, oh, how dark it is!
ReplyDeleteSeven Whirls with James Joyce
Nifty. I do like those contrasts. Wonder: would a first verse on crimes be too much?
ReplyDeleteReally like the changing rhythms which create another one. The juxtaposition works well,
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
http://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/
Oh, wow...well done. Great contrasts you have drawn for us.
ReplyDeleteWow! Fantastic write!
ReplyDeleteI agree, these kinds of challenges stumped me ~
ReplyDeleteHave a good weekend~
I love your refrain!
ReplyDeleteInteresting image and poem!
ReplyDeleteKind of fits well with the fact that I watched 'Ripper Street' on the BBC channel this weekend.
ReplyDeleteI went dark too...a different dance.
http://julesgemsandstuff.blogspot.com/2013/01/sw-92-haggard.html
Having graduated high school and college, I no longer feel obligated to structure.
ReplyDeleteBut you are very good at it . . . carry on.
And what else did you give up because you had done it at high school and college?
DeleteI'm sure there's a melody hidden in there somewhere!
ReplyDelete" Bad Habits "...Billy Field
DeleteNow I'm going to have that tune in my head all day long! :)
DeleteThis is amazing - the hands in the picture with your words make me wonder if anyone will take that call.
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