
Here’s my response to the W3 Poetry Challenge. This week’s challenge: write a poem in response to Kunjal’s ‘Rain’, no longer than 16 lines and must include the word ‘groovy’. You can read the full blog post here: https://skepticskaddish.com/2022/06/22/w3-prompt-8-weave-written-weekly/
I wanted to write about ‘groove’, than started with ‘groove-y’, ‘groove – Y/why?’ and it turned a little dark after that. I like a good little bit of dark. Here goes.
Why I follow the groove…
I scramble, soul-crawl, head-stumble
along the crevice, thin line, tiny gap.
Furrowed brow, clenched teeth breaking,
heart ajar, I follow the pitted groove,
this longest, dryest, deepening, darkening.
Space of dreams, too tight for shadows.
You made that line, left it, just like that,
a mark of your approval, love, scar-night.
And I remember, pain treads featherlight,
forever, approaches with a white hot smile
as your knife cuts what is already carved.
You knew. Back then. You knew me well.
ah strong imagery britta!
A path along the groove. hard to carry on my steps…
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Thank you for your lovely comment, you set all of us a great challenge! 💜
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Powerful images! I like the repetition at the end, too.
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Thanks, Sarah. Much appreciated.
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This is brutally beautiful. Life does scar us and we embrace that pain knowing/proving we are alive.
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Thank you. ‘Brutally beautiful’ – that’s a great way of putting it, murisopsis. I do like it, when I go dark – never quite sure what I’ll find. ‘Brutally beautiful’ sounds like a great badge of honour!!!
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You did go dark! ‘Pain treads featherlight… with a white hot smile’ – wonderfully crafted, Britta.
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Thanks, Marion. Much appreciated. I’m always a little surprised, when I go dark. My life is fairly ‘nice’, so a trip to the dark side feels like an adventure.
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Wow, Britta… this is such an intense piece! Stunning!
❤
David
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Thank you for your lovely comment, David. I enjoy the weekly W3 prompt tremendously. Never know where it will take me, and that’s the best part.
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