Inspired from text fragment from Bleak House Chapter 31
(I)
The barking of a dog;
little old woman
perversely animated.
(III)
A wretched chimney piece
of a peculiar smell
curtsy cowering.
(V)
The crazy door
lifting carefully its veil
before the burial
.
(VII)
The boy’s fancy,
immovable but heaving —
stifling sound of wheels.
(IX)
Lurid glare
of feeble candles
premature the child
engaging confidence
(II)
Down the miry hill,
cramped hands gravely
minding garden gates.
(IV)
Gloomy —
shudder in the wind
the fragment of a fur cap.
(VI)
Quiet hands, folded —
wild night
in heavy intermission
drinking kilns.
(VIII)
Sullen lines of cloud —
gleaming faces
solemn as might be.
(X)
Froze his dry bones
heavily was half awake
glancing gone.
Today Victoria introduce the form created by Brian Miller 10 words. Recently I have read a number of Poems by Misky picking through the wonderful vocabulary of Bleak House by Charles Dickens a book I’m currently reading. Come join us at dVerse when we open at 3 PM EST.
January 15, 2014
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Very interesting. I like the movement in this poem – it’s song-like quality.
Oh – love the photo to. I love trees so much!
A fallen tree alas, but still a piece of beauty as it’s eaten by the moss and funghi.
Stunning. Love “frozen bones”. And I’m very grateful for the mention. Thank you.
Thank you for the inspiration.. There are really some exquisite phrasing in Bleak House.
the night in heavy intermission…that one jumped out at me…
the curtsy cowering as well…you worked some haiku skills in here with some nice turns…solid bjorn
A fun form.. (actually I might send a word to Kristjaan to promote it)…
You master the short form perfectly.
I expect you to provide an excellent response as well.
I specially love that crazy door and gloomy parts ~
Hey, this is a walk in the park for you Bjorn ~ Admiring that picture too ~
The crazy door is actually coming directly out of Bleak House.. some of Dicken’s wording is simply amazing.
I like how you added another criterion by using words from Bleak House and thus having Dickens whisper to us too.
Fascinating snippets, Bjorn. Your word use is really inspiring. And your imagery seems very Dickensonian as well as sometimes eerie (that crazy door – smiles)!
ha – some more blackout poetry.. cool… The crazy door
lifting carefully its veil
before the burial… made me shiver a bit…
Yeah! You chose a text it’s Bleak House at that! As I began reading I thought–these are bound to be gloomy–and then you began iv. with “gloomy.” Great work in setting the mood, Bjorn.
all very “haikuish” in style. My favourite is the first one…I can’t help but picture a little old lady who can normally barely move…but finds a sudden burst of speed as she is frightened by a dog.
The little old woman in Bleak house is a little girl (Charley) who has to become a mother of her orphaned siblings.
You tore this prompt up, brother, echoes of haiku, found & blackout poetics, yet a perfect fit for Brian’s parameters; impressive for sure.
I liked the lines /a wretched chimney piece/of a peculiar smell/curtsy cowering/.
I’m struck by the photo and the second tenWord first..all of them are living, breathing scenes..cool.
it’s hard to write just one – they seem to burst out, nice
The rhythm is just great.
The curtsy cowering caught all my attention… VIII is my favourite tenWord of the set.
What a great an awesome poem. Fits very well with the picture you have here blew. You words always make me smile. 🙂
You are vry inventive with this form- I like the quasi volta effects of the dashes. I didn’t understand No. VI
I think that Basho once said that sometimes he didn’t understand more than 80% of his own poems. The rest of the 20% are for the reader to add. I think that might apply to VI. The image of drinking kilns is quite clear to me as the effect of deep fog for instance, but I think there might be a certain openness to other interpretations.
to me… the point-of-view seemed to drive this piece… felt as if in a cemetery
No. II is my favorite. I love the word “miry” for some reason. Peace, Linda
Really enjoyed reading your take on the words from “Bleak House.” Wonderfully inspired.
Bjorn, you were quite busy with this form. I could feel the bleakness.
Some of them are haiku… with the imagery touched by nature. There is a saddening beauty in your words. I like them all. 🙂
Wonderfully doom-laden!
Lovely use of description, Bjorn. Well done. 🙂 — Suzanne
Scary night with gloomy images and sounds of ‘crazy door’ and ‘stifling sound of wheels’ make me wanting to escape as fast as I can…real horror! your worked here awesomely!
Great offerings Bjorn! Ten words and all of ten of them. How nice!
Hank
Like the 5 and 8…metaphorical and deep.
I love what you have done here, Bjorn – they are gritty and dark as os much of Dickens is – really nice!
Lovely source material — I will have to give Bleak House a read some day. I particularly like numbers 5 and 10. Love the photo, too.
They’re all great, Bjorn, but I love the little yapping-dog-woman! Lol, I can picture it perfectly!
My favorites are (l) and (ll)!
I think you were born to this form! (VIII) is particularly satisfying.
Ha! I love Bleak House so sure hope you are enjoying it, though from the look/sound of these, I’d say you are. I especially like I and VIII. Thank you.
These are all so thought provoking, I have ready many times and get different takes each time. I found V1 particularly intriguing 🙂
Bleak House is one of my favorite books–it is wonderful to see how you’ve translated an atmosphere of the text into those short pieces. Thanks. k.
Without being familiar with the source material, these poems feel very lyrical in nature. Almost mystical.
Wonderful! I got the sense, of my eyes flitting wildly from scene to scene, almost as if my life depended on some clue hidden in the emotive and charged description of each image.