Stare-freed
stir-fed
pony-
tailed (told) in id-
led linge-
red robin’s gli-
ded, gilded songs.
Straight blacked
thistled
dead & casketed.
February 23, 2016
Stare-freed
stir-fed
pony-
tailed (told) in id-
led linge-
red robin’s gli-
ded, gilded songs.
Straight blacked
thistled
dead & casketed.
February 23, 2016
Writing about living in two places (and times)
Poems & Stories from The Author Stew
practising for a whole life
haikai poetry matters
Running in the slow lane
The view from here ... Or here!
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein
chronicling my quarter life crisis
Oh, man. Excuse me, while I just live right here, for a little while:
“in id-
led linge-
red”
Heavens. So much, right there. I.D.-led, idled, id-led (think Freud)…then that “led linge” — there’s a lunge there, too. The lingering of the word…then falling into red. Fantastic. Hyphens, how I love thee.
Whoo, fun going through the word twists! …dead and casketed…love this!:)
Ha… it’s fun to dig through the words and find new things…
It sure is, and you are so good at writing the words! 🙂
Please come join in!
Such a gorgeous write 🙂
I just can’t get over the notion of a stare, freed. That’s when someone can’t take their eyes off of you, but then you free them. How fascinating. How would one even do that? Stop being something he wants to look at, I guess. Doing something mean? Then of course, there’s a “star, freed” in there as well. I’ve never thought of a star as being imprisoned, but it is, isn’t it? Trapped in the sky like that. Or maybe it’s a famous person … a singer or actor. Even though it must be a brilliant sort of life, certainly it’s a prison as well. To be watched and judged over your every move. Surely it hurts and you can’t help but want to crawl in a hole sometimes. And that’s just what I see in the title! 🙂
Oh how I love that “reed stir” you drew out.
There’s also a “stare/stair pony” and a “freed stir pony.” Free to be stirred, free from being stirred, or free to (or to not) stir? So many possibilities here. Fed by stirs. Like a baby, with a tiny spoon. And she’s being tailed; I love that! Like tracked, but also like a variation of “Pin the Tail on the Donkey.”
“told in id” … Fantastic. You totally set that next bit to almost say “told in id-led linguistics.” (My favorite class in college, surprise, surprise.)
“red robin’s glee, dead” … That breaks my heart, but it’s so true. It’s just this awful cycle. It’s followed by “killded songs” … Like the way a toddler might speak, saying “killded” instead of “killed” or “dead.” Her glee is dead. Her songs are dead. All she has left is her red.
Now in “thistled,” I see “thigh street-led.” (tee hee)
Well thanks a lot. Now I’m kind of depressed. 😉