Love, love, love Kyotzeta’s twisty poem!
Alice in Underland
alice, from the depths of madness,
can you see the light of day?
can you, dearest, hear my sadness,
know the words i cannot say?
Liddell, Alice; not so little,
little alice in the middle,
alice you must run away,
and live to play another day.
dream of hatters, dream of rabbits,
duchesses with nasty habits,
playing cards with double faces,
frantic dodos running races.
lift your glasses, raise a toast,
roast meet alice, alice meet roast.
guest at the table, new-made queen,
in circumstances unforeseen.
if life is Chess, then this is Life,
chaos strewn with pain and strife,
moving her from square to square,
pretending she was never there.
see her hiding from old fears,
or drowning in her own salt tears,
or running panicked through the wood,
where names (and minds) are gone for good.
through the mirror, racing past,
a stranger in my…
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Aww, thanks! I thought you’d like it! I tried to put all the images from the books that I could, and weave them through and around the “wonderland = Alices madness” theory that I love so much.
I love love love the original Tenniel illustrations for their unsettling look, but have you ever seen Arthur Rackhams version? Wow. 🙂
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Some brilliant wordplay! Have you ever published a collection of your poems? I’d buy it 😉
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That makes twice in the almost a month old life of my blog that a comment has taken my breath away. Thank you. I’m going to keep those words on my desktop to help silence the stupid negative tapes when they chitter-chatter in my mindspace.
“fail fail fail, not as good as = no good, what makes your words worth peoples attention, go ahead and try, you’ll just fail. again.”
Just one thing to say about that… “Ehhh, shaddup!” 😛
To answer your question, now that I’m done rambling, not yet. I’m still trying to decide if there’s enough to sort into a few books, or keep them in one with different sections. The Fairy Tale/Myth section should be separate from the…umm..social commentary? I guess?
I’ve been trying to think of a way for my social commentary poems to reach a wider audience, and to somehow benefit the ones commented on. *sighs* I think I’m over-reaching again, even if it is only a thought.
Thanks again for the awesomely kind words, you truly made my day. *hugs*
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*hugs* back. I’ve been blogging just over a month now too! It’s a fantastic confidence builder (no trolls so far). I was an English Literature postgrad researcher some years back and poetry criticism was a bit of a specialty. I know how technically complex it can be to grasp the structure and meter of poetry, it’s a real skill x
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