Sep 25, 2010

Magpie Tales#33

This week, Willow's picture prompt has a unique fragrance, in Etheree(*) form

HOTEL

Your
perfume 
drew me on
down corridors,
past half-open doors,
to yours, and your one line -
"Just for a week, dear, no more."
- a nightdress, warm with your fragrance.
Who would have thought then that seven days
would last forever, but the scent not fade?

(*) Ten lines. One syllable in the first, then one more in each succeeding line. 

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23 comments:

  1. JinksySeptember 25, 2010 at 8:42 AM

    Talk about making hay while the sun shines... A real DOM memory captured in this fragrant morsel!

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  2. Words A DaySeptember 25, 2010 at 11:52 AM

    I never came across this form before! It suits the subject matter perfectly. Well Done!

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  3. Priyanka BhowmickSeptember 25, 2010 at 12:38 PM

    loved the last 2 lines.. very well penned!

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  4. Brian MillerSeptember 25, 2010 at 12:56 PM

    nice form...hope that scent continues to carry on as it seems to be carrying memories with it. smiles. nice magpie!

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  5. Tess KincaidSeptember 25, 2010 at 1:39 PM

    Delicious. I adore the sensual word "nightdress".

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  6. HelenSeptember 25, 2010 at 3:19 PM

    An enchanting Magpie ....

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  7. violetSeptember 25, 2010 at 5:21 PM

    I love hotels... this one sounds so alluring. I always think hotels are full of stories. This is a great one in a tight package!

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  8. UnknownSeptember 25, 2010 at 5:23 PM

    beautiful and haunting...

    Rene

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  9. Kathe W.September 25, 2010 at 5:26 PM

    gorgeous poem.

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  10. Carrie Van HornSeptember 25, 2010 at 7:56 PM

    Truly lovely :-)

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  11. signed...bkmSeptember 25, 2010 at 10:19 PM

    beautiful..the scent of love does not fade...very romantic...bkm

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  12. Tumblewords:September 26, 2010 at 12:25 AM

    Perfect words embedded in this form. Very nice, very nice!

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  13. Michael A. WellsSeptember 26, 2010 at 1:09 AM

    Enjoyed the writing and the layout which too was leading me down the hall.

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  14. LydiaSeptember 26, 2010 at 9:58 AM

    Wowee! Any woman would love this poem to have been written about her.

    I really like the form, also.

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  15. ReflectionsSeptember 26, 2010 at 8:13 PM

    Nice! Romantic, alluring... based on a love so strong, filled with the scents of beautiful memories to be made.

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  16. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2010 at 9:16 AM

    very beautiful. it pulled me, i love the form.

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  17. BerowneSeptember 27, 2010 at 7:57 PM

    I've been down those corridors, past half-open doors, too. :-)

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  18. Doctor FTSESeptember 28, 2010 at 1:05 PM

    Thank you all . . . but weyhey . . . I didn't see, until a wiser blogger than I, pointed out that the poem can be interpreted to mean that the lady is LEAVING for a week that never ends OR staying for a week that becomes a lifelong love. Our writing doesn't always know what it's doing!

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  19. Abhilasha-The DesireSeptember 28, 2010 at 3:06 PM

    Killer poem... i would stick to the staying a week that never ended :)

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  20. HelenaSeptember 28, 2010 at 9:03 PM

    I adored that. Sweetly.

    I know all about lingering scents being the only female in the house..... And I like the poem's form. It's like a little hat....or maybe a boat! Thanks for stopping by mine!

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  21. OJ Gonzalez-CazaresSeptember 29, 2010 at 1:21 AM

    lovely poem... I wish I could write poems - I like to tell stories, sometimes with some rithm, but not in an "oficial" form. Thanks for stopping by and for your comment on my Aqua di Parma's magpie.

    www.castazero.blogspot.com

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  22. Daphne Wayne-BoughOctober 3, 2010 at 8:37 AM

    I came here with the firm intention of thwacking you with my capacious handbag for casting nasturtiums upon the bona fides of my good friend Mr Gorilla Bananas, but anyone who lists "The Red Balloon" as one of their favourite films and "The Alexandria Quartet" among their favourite books deserves a second chance, even if he does do the devil's work.

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  23. *October 10, 2010 at 4:08 AM

    Stopping by to give you a nod & wink, and also let you know I have, quite memorized Stafford's "Assurance," for starters. Do you know the poem? It's a very good one. :)

    KNOWING what poetry sounds like is essential in writing poetry, I know this.

    To be a writer, you MUST be a reader. Yes.

    I'm currently reading Sharon Olds "The Unswept Room."

    In addition, I'm also reading Plath's "Ariel," Bernhard's "The Voice Imitator," (not poetry, of course, but lit and damn good lit at that), and Bradbury's "Zen in the Art of Writing."

    I don't consider myself a blogpoet. People have called me that, which is sweet and kind, but...

    I consider myself a writer.

    I'm a student of words and literature (English BA, and a Masters in Library & Info Science).

    I'm a Librarian.

    I Know Books. And if I don't know all the right ones yet (wink), I will, in time.

    I'm continually reading new poets, continually immersing myself in words.

    While I do not memorize anything, including closest family phone numbers and addresses (I have my Iphone for that), I know and love several poets, who are certainly not **blog poets,** namely:

    Stafford
    Bass
    Oliver
    Wilbur
    Roethke
    Plath
    Clifton
    Bishop
    Dove
    Rilke
    Sexton
    Rich

    Thanks for the nudge, I am trying to read more, pulled in several directions at once, but reading and writing is what I do, I don't watch TV, I don't craft.

    I Read. I Write.

    Tell me, who are your favorite poets? And what books are you reading at the moment? :)

    Cheers,
    Terresa

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WV's turned off. Glad to see this is catching on. I don't want my readers to work for nothing for folk whose OCR software doesn't work properly.

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