Her challenge for us today is simply a word-count challenge. No particular topic or style. She just says, "No more than 45 words."
Well, you may remember I was really struggling with the prompt asking for a poem with all the words in alphabetical order. It was a disaster.
However, I had an extra 10 words, from A to J, of which I was rather fond.
This morning, that poem came together with the addition of photos by my husband, and a few more alphabetical words, making it 45 for Words Count with Mama Zen.
better causes
do exist:
funding good homes
in jungles...
keeping lakes,
mountains
nearby
(our precious
qualities)
Richard Schear photos |
really safe
to use.
vast wastelands
emerge, yet zealots
ambitiously
build careers.
diamonds
extracted
for girlfriends
have injured
jaws,
legs;
Machiavellian
new ogres
pretend, quite
realistically,
sadness.
17 comments:
This is excellent, Kay. Such pertinent commentary, all true to form and word count too.
Sadly your words are truth. Great message!
You did an amazing job with the A-Z. Very perceptive as well.
sad but true!
Kay, sock it to the Blood Diamond merchants! Not that I've ever coveted any, but your commentary here is honest with a tinge of the activist in it! Peace, Amy
@ Amy — Thanks! That's me, an honest activist, but in an inactive kind of way these days. I want to stomp and fuss, but I'd probably hurt myself.
K
Hari Om
Kay, words like these are what can inspire the 'soldiers' - but I suspect, like me, you'd prefer a world where the words alone could be the weapons and then the salve for the woundss!
A worthy piece. (...and thanks for the joke over at my place too!)
Hugs, YAM xx
Excellent, Kay. You've certainly fulfilled the challenge.
owWOOOO! You made something huge out of lots of little pieces, and it is gorgeous--pics and all. Its message would mean little if it didn't stand on the shoulders of the way you see the world. Bravo!
that was indeed awesome
Kay~
This is the most coherent and compelling poem written in this form that I have read. Really well done. Brava!
http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2013/05/02/the-mad-ones/
Great balance of both hope and the cruel un-pretty side of what can happen with nature's abundance. Well written, Kay!
Nicely done. Those creative juices still floating around from A to Z.
A perfect response! I am impressed with your A - Z.
yay! i mean YAY!
Well done, Kay and Dick. No more diamonds for me.
This is really good, Kay! I love the message of this.
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