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shorts from Lady Bracknell's Handbag
The Haunted Doll House
She screwed her eyes into
The corners of the empty nursery,
Recalling the rag doll &
Silver pair of scissors.
Horses
For those of us left behind,
We slept water in dusk cradles.
Felt the sea bubble in the foals’ lungs
When we breathed into their mouth.
The Lion, the Witch & the IKEA Wardrobe
Struggling with the lock and dark,
Lucy realised way too late,
She was in the wrong wardrobe.
Statuesque in Suburbia
In the summer of rain and batik skies
Barefoot and soaking wet,
He came by moonlight once again.
Only in August would he come;
The marble stand whereupon he stood,
Remained empty for one night.
She screwed her eyes into
The corners of the empty nursery,
Recalling the rag doll &
Silver pair of scissors.
Horses
For those of us left behind,
We slept water in dusk cradles.
Felt the sea bubble in the foals’ lungs
When we breathed into their mouth.
The Lion, the Witch & the IKEA Wardrobe
Struggling with the lock and dark,
Lucy realised way too late,
She was in the wrong wardrobe.
Statuesque in Suburbia
In the summer of rain and batik skies
Barefoot and soaking wet,
He came by moonlight once again.
Only in August would he come;
The marble stand whereupon he stood,
Remained empty for one night.
Published 15th May 2022
Author's Note
ERULGCT 141. Uma xx It's a Wild(e) World
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28th May 2022 9:47pm
Something a bit tongue in cheek to your references my friend, unfortunately I've read little Wilde but your word play is always a dance of subtle depths and skill.
28th May 2022 10:38pm
Appreciated. Just enjoy these wee scribbles. Nothing really Wildean, other than the references (handbag & Lady Bracknell) from The Importance of Being Earnest. If I was to recommend any Wilde, it would probably be the Fairytales.
29th May 2022 12:39pm
The mix of darkness, wit, and beauty here is rather wonderful. It makes me think of an Edward Gorey picturebook, how he said that nonsense must be quite awful to be good and that "sunny" nonsense is boring, just as there's no happy music. This isn't to say that music has to be sad. But it has to be connected, I think, with a genuine human feeling, even if that feeling is just a desire to laugh.
I'm probably warbling on. I added this one to my reading list because it is brilliant, but now I'm determined to verbalise some of my thoughts about it. For better or worse!
At a basic level, the first "short" is gothic, the second surreal, the third funny, and the fourth rather achingly romantic, in a strange way.
I'm probably warbling on. I added this one to my reading list because it is brilliant, but now I'm determined to verbalise some of my thoughts about it. For better or worse!
At a basic level, the first "short" is gothic, the second surreal, the third funny, and the fourth rather achingly romantic, in a strange way.
31st May 2022 9:20pm
Very much appreciated Jack. Some folk are a bit sniffy about shorts. Gods know why? Probably says more about their lack of poetic sensibility.
