A poem in blank verse
The vociferous clamoring follows
me, as I descend into the tunnels,
fading slightly as I slosh through the wet,
gurgling flow of words. Cringing, I recall
the mob's chanting: "Charlatan! Imposter!"
Pipes clink and quiver, releasing tonal
rhythms of steam around me, drowning out
the distant blabber. Here, deep within me,
dissonance dissolves into honeyed hums;
Aurus' sonorous mumbling reaches me.
Splashing about at the rippling source is
the imp, babbling in the vibrant waters,
rainbowed by his endless, rambling verses.
"They've discovered you, Aurus! They've figured..."
Gleefully, Thesaurus cackles: "At last!"
d’Verse poetics prompt
The Poet’s Store House
At d’Verse, poets were encouraged to do one of two things:
- Write a SOUND POEM which includes AT LEAST ONE from EACH of the FIVE HEARING CATEGORY SELECTIONS below: (reference the hearing words you chose in your post).
- bellow; clink; drone; jingle; quiver;
- clamor; dissonant; rip-roaring; tempestuous; vociferous;
- dulcet: honeyed; poetic; sonorous; tonal;
- blabber; cackle; dribble; gurgle; seethe;
- beseech; chant; drawl; embellish; intone
- Simply write about the Thesaurus – what it means to you; describe it, have fun with it. Let the synonyms flow, or antagonize with antonyms.
I did both.
Let’s write poetry together!
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)
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oh my….I was following you deep into the tunnels…wondering why, who, what??? and then then twist at the end. Good one!
Hoping you’ll consider joining us for dVerse LIVE today…it’s OLN day too. Just go to the site and the link is there…it’s easy to join us: to read or just listen to others. So fun to connect faces and voices with poems we’ve been reading for so long.
I’m hosting…so consider this your personal invitation! 3 PM Eastern time….or between 3 and 4 PM….I’ll be there!
❤ Lillian ❤ ~ thank you so much. I wish I could be there, but it's not possible for me tonight, unfortunately.
Much love,
David
Perhaps there is something to the thesaurus after all! I always enjoy my visits here, David.
💛💟 Bev 💟💛
Love this especially; “Here, deep within me, dissonance dissolves into honeyed hums.” Beautifully done 💝💝
💘🤎 Sanaa 🤎💘
Love the verbal drama of this – great to read. Where would we be without our mighty Thesauri?
🧡💗 Marion 💗🧡
This is great, David. You are not charlatan for sure! Well done.
💛💟 Dwight 💟💛
:>)
Honesty becomes you! Without Roget, without other poets, without other sounds apart from my own, I would have no poetry at all.
💚💕 Mary 💕💚
That’s such a cool composition David great job 👏
❤ Cindy ❤
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truly enjoyed this. great fun right write.
🤗 Roger 🤗
What a clever, fun write, David! I can imagine you smiling devilishly as you wrote this! 😉❤️
😈❤️ Punam ❤️😈
I never thought of monsters as a Thesaurus Rex… 🙂
💚🦖 Björn 🦖💚