The Pyrenees---Southern France

The Pyrenees---Southern France

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Magpie # 89

      Every week, Tess Kincaid provides a bit of visual inspiration. Those who participate in Magpie Tales create a vignette, a poem or whatever their muse dictates...

     After your piece is completed, you thank Tess and comment on her piece, you get linked to all the other pieces via Mr. Linky, and comment on the others. A fun time for all.

      So, without further ado, here is the photo and my poem:



she began with an old fashioned pen.
safe inside
was a tube of ink,
as black and glinting as her eyes.

the audibleness of it,
the scratching sound
of pen on paper,
was comforting.

crap!
pure crap!
she wadded the paper
and dropped it in disgust.
she hurled the pen.
it hit the wall, a splatter of writers' blood
sprayed and splayed in protest.

she then turned to a pencil.
its point broke as soon as she touched it
in contemplation.

dropping into onto the floor,
she ground it into pulp with the heel of her boot.

turning to the contraption, 
electrified and eager,
she whispered,
"third time better be a charm,"
as she caressed the keys...  


30 comments:

  1. And hopefully, the words poured forth?

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  2. WOW!! That is awesome!!! You are one heck of a writer!

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  3. I can relate!

    (Best of luck w/ NaNoWriMo.)

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  4. The 70s called. They want that typewriter back.

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  5. Writer's blood....oh, how I love that phrase! :)

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  6. I like the idea of ink as "writer's blood." My Magpie this week is Poet.

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  7. This was fun and engaging -- and a bit too much like Déjà Vu...

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  8. I love how you used every part of the image. Yeah, "writers' blood." Love that.

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  9. She has a nice light touch with her pencil too!

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  10. clever you- you got all the visuals into words!

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  11. You certainly have ink in your blood, for sure, Sioux.

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie’s Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  12. I know the feeling (and the deed) really well!!

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  13. And now, she's in the key of write! Lovin' this one.

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  14. "Writer's blood." What a great phrase!

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  15. Nice... a poet too! Well well.

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  16. Giving the typewriter a kind of breathing identity in the last stanza provides a wonderful twist to the poem!

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  17. The stages most may have gone through, you have done well with the imagery here!! The late users have now gone beyond electric too!! I still do like the sound of a pen scratching on paper :))

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  18. There sure is something special about a typewriter.

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  19. Dear Sioux: "a splatter of writers' blood" how this can happen! Cool about your Chicken Soup For the Soul article! I would love love love to read this! :)
    jj Chiccoreal

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  20. Nice one...like the 'writer's blood' and grinding the pencil under the heel of her boot - not shoe. Not sure why that matters, but it does. Also, the mention of the sound of the pen scratching is a great detail.

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  21. I like that last verse, a heartfelt desire for writing success. Well written!
    Jamie

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  22. Third time lucky at last, if this poem is anything to go by.

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  23. ha yeah a typewriter dropped out a 3rd story window can make quite a mess so the darn machine better get it right...smiles. i like the scratch of a pen...

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  24. I think we can all relate to your poet's frustration!

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  25. I know someone who is attempting to write their novel on a typewriter. Personally I think that is nuts when you have a perfectly good computer.

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  26. So many of the 'old school writers' to this day use pencils. I cannot recall at the moment who it was (is) that sits down at his desk and always finds his sharpened pencils comforting. I would use pencils too but I find it hard at times to read my own handwriting! Great piece of writing here.

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