Welcome all to this month's edition of the Friday 55.
The rules are unchanged; write a poem, piece of prose poetry or flash fiction on any subject, in exactly 55 words, no more, no less. Paste your link in the comments section, and I will be by to read what you have come up with.
The prompt will be live
from Thursday at midnight to Sunday at 4 PM.
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Here's my 55:
Black Dog
The moon stopped talking
The moon stopped talking
when you came
walking through catastrophes,
black dog that wouldn't mind
at your heel.
You couldn't stay;
I never stayed myself.
They thought they
knew our best
but best's a savor
saved
saved
for shot-silk touch
the war of wills
the game without rules;
reserved
for those who meet breathing
and leave singing.
May 2020
Images: The Dog, 1819, © Francisco Goya Public Domain
Self portrait with a Black Dog, 1841, © Gustave Corbet (manipulated) Public Domain
I have nor forgotten you, dear Aubergine! Busy morning but I'll be Bach. ;-)
ReplyDeleteMe too! (About being Bach, that is!!)
DeleteLOL!
DeleteBe good, girls. And no decomposing!
DeleteHi Joy, I have a gloomy one for you. Anything lighter is not possible at the present moment.
ReplyDeleteSigh. https://stardreamingwithsherrybluesky.blogspot.com/2020/05/i-cant-breathe.html
I once had a black dog who wouldnt mind too, so I love this poem. I especially love those "who arrive breathing and leave singing".
Thank you Sherry. Always good to see you here.
DeleteLove, love, love your black dog poem. Here is mine:
ReplyDeletehttps://wordpress.com/post/othermary.wordpress.com/3432
Thanks for keeping the 55 alive, and have a kickass weekend, Hedgie.
Mary, is this link correct? Cos it just tells me I don't have a WP site. I do, but that's beside the point. I'd like to read your 55.
DeleteThis is wonderful stuff, Joy, especially that close. Short, strong, but also soft as a breeze in an open window at dusk.
ReplyDeleteAh success.
ReplyDeletehttp://fireblossom-wordgarden.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-broken-necked-swan.html
An amazing poem, from the heart to the brain like a diesel train. So glad you made it to the party. because you have made the party.
DeleteI love the first stanza- a majestic and powerful entrance .... and the black dog .it reminds me of Stephen King’s Gunslinger. Great job!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Vivian. Really appreciate the read.
DeleteEr, here is the correct link to my 55: https://othermary.wordpress.com/2020/05/30/ff55-black-and-blue/
ReplyDeleteThanks for the good link, Mary. I had to search through all kinds of word press mess on that first one. They really want you to spend money with them, don't they? ;)
DeleteThat first stanza is poetry at it's finest Joy! These stunning lines remind us all of the relationships that cannot be forgotten. Here is mine:
ReplyDeletehttps://thewordwhisperer2.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-loss-with-no-name.html
Thanks for playing, Carrie. I think your title is one of the most fitting ever, as well as the poem.
DeleteI've loved some black dogs that couldn't stay.
ReplyDeleteHere's mine, composed and posted on my daily walk, so not really much, but so it goes.
https://grapeling.wordpress.com/2020/05/31/gas/
Good to read you, M. It may be 'not really much' to you, but it gave me a lot of much--as always you are the master of this form.
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