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On the leash
On the leash
Look on, as she with haughty air's
a feline knows but never cares
and hold the world at tendrils length
so self-assured and arrogance
As each mankind, the umbrella shades
to thrive in sun or wooded glade
some blessed with pleasance graced
others leave an unpleasant taste
To thrive when evil spells are stirred
the toxic potion, the growing turd
or a truffle, the king shavings cast about
par excellence, top table shout
The devil, painted attractive shades
fungus, the ones designed in hades
and as we forage in this world
discernment, the "whatever" coloured pearl
For are you drawn in that mustard dawn
goodness's evil or just the norm
dancing free, or just to squirm
identity yet to be confirmed?
Look on, as she with haughty air's
a feline knows but never cares
and hold the world at tendrils length
so self-assured and arrogance
As each mankind, the umbrella shades
to thrive in sun or wooded glade
some blessed with pleasance graced
others leave an unpleasant taste
To thrive when evil spells are stirred
the toxic potion, the growing turd
or a truffle, the king shavings cast about
par excellence, top table shout
The devil, painted attractive shades
fungus, the ones designed in hades
and as we forage in this world
discernment, the "whatever" coloured pearl
For are you drawn in that mustard dawn
goodness's evil or just the norm
dancing free, or just to squirm
identity yet to be confirmed?
Published 6th Aug 2021
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Anonymous
6th Aug 2021 5:49am
--Rhythmic--
Mushrooms are the topic, yes?
I love the rhythms here...they, and the vivid imagery, and the un-relenting procession of images...sweep this reader up and carry me along...
Some great lines, and moments where the momentum gets broken up in delightful ways.
Is that a scatological reference in the 3rd stanza?
Knowing you're partial to Auden, I recall a story passed around. Apparently, when Wystan Hugh was the judge for the Yale Younger Poetry series, and chose John Ashbery's book, Some Trees, he thought Ashbery went to far in the contemporary idiom with a crude reference to shit, and tried to persuade Ashbery to take it out. I can't remember if he did.
Mushrooms are the topic, yes?
I love the rhythms here...they, and the vivid imagery, and the un-relenting procession of images...sweep this reader up and carry me along...
Some great lines, and moments where the momentum gets broken up in delightful ways.
Is that a scatological reference in the 3rd stanza?
Knowing you're partial to Auden, I recall a story passed around. Apparently, when Wystan Hugh was the judge for the Yale Younger Poetry series, and chose John Ashbery's book, Some Trees, he thought Ashbery went to far in the contemporary idiom with a crude reference to shit, and tried to persuade Ashbery to take it out. I can't remember if he did.
6th Aug 2021 6:16pm
Thanks for the Critique and comments Mark, to have a reader with such an extensive knowledge of poetry and vocabulary (scatological). I am truly flattered by your interest
The poem personifies humans to mushrooms or fungi or vice versa, in personality and qualities. a deity or greater power holding each to account
Regards SLIP
The poem personifies humans to mushrooms or fungi or vice versa, in personality and qualities. a deity or greater power holding each to account
Regards SLIP
28th Aug 2021 4:23am
28th Aug 2021 7:25am
Thank YOU C_O, I suspect that you, like myself look for the different choice of subject ( mycologist society, is there any dressing up or role play) only joking!
