Underneath - #3WW Poem and Prize Giveaway of Your Choice for 500th Comment - #CED2010

This week’s Three Word Wednesday poem was birthed from inspiration from these words:

 

Occur – Ragged – Tidy

 

I am obviously still simmering in my failure to make an object as simple as a door into a poem sans spirituality with the ReadWritePoem prompt from last week. That vibe spilled over and perhaps is pouting in the corner of this poem as well.

 

And by the way, I am very close to the 500 comment mark on this poetry blog. Will your comment be the one which pushes it over the edge? I am trying to think of some fun prize for whomever writes the 500^th comment.

 

How about this – read the poem, make a comment that reflects something valuable to this poet and suggest a reward I may give you in return. If you are the 500^th Comment, you will receive the reward… as best as I can offer it. If you are NOT the 500^th Comment, I may give you the reward, anyway.

 

Surprise me?

Today's poem is....

Underneath

When did the ragged

Wind raked wood

Obscure the tidy,

Manicured, it occurs sans surprise in a

Feng shui’d red front door

Of the Summer-Shed-Nee-Cottage?

 

Perhaps it was when

She divorced herself

From what was proper

What her Sunday School

Teacher expected and instead

Became who she always

Was, underneath -

 

She, with the wind raked

Splintered edge

Ready to be torn

Open at a moments

Notice, inviting pain

Where it was usually

Hidden by carefully

Stitched seams