Friday 13 January 2023

 

Wednesday’s Words on a Friday

This meme was started by Delores a long time ago. It was great fun and when she had to give up blogging, it was taken over by a number of people, coordinated by Elephant’s Child. The meme supplies prompts as a means to encourage people to write, in whatever format they please. The words for this week have been supplied by Sandi but can be found here.

This week’s words/prompts are:

reflection   mirror   deception   air   heir

seed   planting   harvest  forget   due

 

The mirror is no master of deception;

The harvest of my life is laid out bare;

The seeds forget their planting – no reflection

Can dissipate the fate to which they’re heir.

 

If I could go back and plant again those seeds,

Would my life’s harvest be a different hue,

Or would I commit a second time those deeds

For which my punishment now is due?

 

Forgive my sombre air of introspection -

The mirror shows me all I have to share,

Try as I might I can’t avoid reflection

When seated in the bright hairdresser’s chair.

 

11 comments:

  1. Outstanding poem, the imagery, the emotions it evokes. You should publish this somewhere. I love it!

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  2. I love this - and have often winced at the reflection I have to face from that chair. Thank you for joining us again - and so very well too.

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  3. Thank you. Mirrors are a curse ;-)

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  4. Very well done indeed. Mirrors are not friends.

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  5. Hi Janice - sadly mirrors aren't that kind - but it's who we are visually ... though the personality comes through in other ways - more positive thankfully!

    Very clever composition using the words from EC and Sandi's prompts ... cheers Hilary

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  6. I find it best just to ignore mirrors . . .

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  7. Mirrors. I always wonder who is that old wife that jumps in front of me every single time I look in a mirror. I like your take on the prompts!

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  8. Yes, it takes a moment to realise that the reflection is oneself - oh, dear!

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