Another comment po.em created from the back and forth between Mark and myself. The word games continue. My comments are in italics. You will find more of Mark’s work @: Coloring Outside the Lines and project21words. Particularly interesting this round, is our overlapping of lines yet forming very separate and distinct po.ems and voices. See his excellent Beware of Words using the same comment thread.
(image via pixabay.com)
words are snares
sprung in the darkness of lies
laughing in the face of truth
slight sliver of a smile
devils dancing in eyes
demons delighting in hearts
deceit makes a cozy bed
desire embracing the void
but beware
the voice of the flesh
Lorraine's frilly freudian slip 
January 28, 2017 at 5:21 pm
another wonderful piece here – and what a great image! Love it. Works so well with the conversation poems ….. off to read some more :)
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January 28, 2017 at 7:41 pm
I started a new space for shorter pieces:
https://in25wordsmoreorless.wordpress.com
there is a short piece from our comment conversations there
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January 29, 2017 at 10:27 am
been and am happy to follow along :)
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January 28, 2017 at 7:46 pm
visit:
https://in25wordsmoreorless.wordpress.com for another piece of the comment conversation — a short one on my new shorthand site — the micro in my life.
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January 29, 2017 at 10:27 am
I like it :)
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January 28, 2017 at 3:10 pm
I love the Green man Image. Prefect and nicely assembled
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January 28, 2017 at 4:38 pm
Thank you — still think you brought the conversation together better, but that’s me.
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January 28, 2017 at 4:46 pm
It worked well both ways. 😀
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January 28, 2017 at 4:58 pm
https://in25wordsmoreorless.wordpress.com/2017/01/28/edged-in-black/
Inspired by your 21 words, I did start a new blog — here’s a micro poem based on our comment conversation.
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January 28, 2017 at 5:18 pm
I like the concise version. it packs a lot in a little. I hope you enjoy the second site. I like separating the two as I tend to write differently when I know I’m only using 21 or less words.
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January 28, 2017 at 7:47 pm
We’ll see — partially to declutter my reg. site from the shorties I write for colour your world prompts, and partially to play with the less is more as you have been.
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January 28, 2017 at 9:32 pm
My goal was to see if there was more people interested in really small poetry or fiction. Guest posts are something I have had mixed results on my original site. I figured opening up to others would have benefits since there was no history with this site.
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January 28, 2017 at 10:04 pm
I’ve found my ability to respond to many of the prompts limited lately — if nothing pops right away, I need to move on. That’s why doing short responses to the colour prompts is good for my thinking process. But it meant too much going on at once on one site. Coupled with the long fiction I’m writing away from the blog entirely — I’m too multi-personalitied right now. And, I do tend to pull up the prompts in one post — sucker me.
Guess I knew about posting to your new site — is it obvious to others you’re looking for submissions? You’re generating interest in your shorter pieces, so that’s a great starting point. There must be other number crunchers out there.
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January 29, 2017 at 1:13 pm
I was giving it a couple weeks to see if there would be any responses. I have two invites out there. This week I plan a general post on both sites and twitter
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January 29, 2017 at 1:20 pm
Sounds good.
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January 29, 2017 at 1:21 pm
I hope so. I like finding new voices. partially because I have no idea what to expect
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January 29, 2017 at 1:24 pm
always expect the unexpected and the Spanish inquisition — no wait, it’s no one expects the Spanish inquisition.
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January 29, 2017 at 3:11 pm
I just need an image of someone tied to the stake…
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January 29, 2017 at 3:15 pm
or sitting in the comfy chair.
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January 29, 2017 at 3:20 pm
watching the burning figure…
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January 29, 2017 at 7:27 pm
I was thinking more along the lines of Monty Python where the torture is the comfy chair: No one expects the Spanish Inquisition in modern Britain.
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January 29, 2017 at 7:50 pm
Fortunately the US has just the right atmosphere, but have to change that Spanish part. I really have neglected my Monte Phyton
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