Mad
Wonderland Poetry Prompt Challenge Day 12
I caught the deep inky blue of it
in bottles
labeled 'pleasing'
and set them on a shelf
next to bowls full of tears
and baskets full of unwanted memories.
It was cold
aching like limbs in the winter
sip it,
let the ice unfurl,
bitter on your tongue,
grief catching
in your throat
before settling into the pit
of your stomach,
like a swallowed apple seed.
one day the winds came
knocking all of the bottles down
and all around in the broken air,
ruptured by the fragmented glass,
screams - starved and rising
screams shattering bone
screams - ringing
wild and ragged
at last.
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Ellie Hoovs
Breathing life into the lost and broken. Writes to mend what fire couldn't destroy. Poetry stitched from ashes, longing, and stubborn hope.
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Here is my entry for Day 12, many thanks! https://shopping-feedback.today/poets/before-i-was-the-monster%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cstyle data-emotion-css="w4qknv-Replies">.css-w4qknv-Replies{display:grid;gap:1.5rem;}
Mad entry: https://shopping-feedback.today/poets/crazy-carnival%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
My entry for Mad: https://shopping-feedback.today/poets/mad-i1h2h0zmi%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
"grief catching in your throat before settling into the pit of your stomach, like a swallowed apple seed." what an incredible descriptor! This was such a strong atmospheric piece! I could see those bottles!
Loving what you are doing here, Ellie!
Well-wrought! Madness can be like a scream caught in a bottle. A superb analogy.
Powerfully written.
Your Mad poem sounds terrifying 😵💫… I’ll steer well clear🥹.
Mine will be in soon , excellent poem
Emancipating! I like the images you use here to show containment.
My interpretation: https://shopping-feedback.today/poets/we-all-need-mad-scientists%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E 😊😊
Wow 😮 sounds like mental break. The more we bottle it up the more it control us.
It’s better to keep all those things well bottled for the rest of time. 😁 Lovely poem, Ellie.