The Sunday Whirl presented these twelve words for us to use in a creative writing piece.
plumes tufts mosses fantasy fabric filtering threads forest cracks layer ruffle flow
Accommodation 101
Cobwebs.
Dust. A lot of dust.
Weeds—
In tufts and plumes,
To be honest, a forest.
Moss-covered steps.
Crumbling brickwork.
Peeling paint.
Mildewed and cracked walls.
Tattered, faded, fabric curtains,
Hanging by threads.
Overflowing letterbox.
Layers of rubbish,
Tins, bottles, wrappers, newspapers,
Enough to excite a legion
Of future archeologists,
Built up on the decaying verandah.
A stray cat, unruffled,
Looks through a taped-together window.
Sunlight flows in, filtering
Through the filthy glass,
Adding the feeling of
A Gothic fantasy
To the premises.
In short—
A typical student house.
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Student housing can be expensive in some areas and all they can afford is run down apartments in old homes. Sad but true.
ReplyDeletea slumlord's bread and butter
ReplyDeleteThe poor scholar's abode is not just the stuff of novels (see Dostoevsky) but reality unfortunately. Someone's making a killing though.
ReplyDeleteThere is a useful lesson for the writer, Cosmo: once you publish a poem, readers bring their own furniture. Sometimes, apparently, they bring the landlord as well.
ReplyDeleteMy people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places. -- Isaiah 32:18
ReplyDeleteAnd the cat stays unruffled in spite of everything. This is very clever.
ReplyDeleteI like the poem but I also noticed it has a very cool shape, wether it's intended or not. A typical studen house... Cool...
ReplyDeleteHa... didn't expect the student in the end... more a poor retired teacher or something.
ReplyDeleteNice twist at the end and great grimy detail. I have been there...
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