Out of the Satchel: BigTentPoetry.Org Wordle Poem

The folks at BigTentPoetry.org offer a wordle
as a prompt today:

Here is what I wrote:

Her skirt, embellished with

gold, thread letters and children's

chubby hands, tugging, constantly

She doesn't answer my question,

"Is this the way to..."

before the beast swarm

is glued to my knickers, docking

grimey paws hungrily in

my pockets as I stand, shocked

Red headed mongrel pulls a half

eaten scone from my satchel

popping it into his gap toothed mouth

"No evidence, no debris" the

gold threaded skirt mama croons

It becomes my inner chant

as I complete my walk, staring only

at the tip of my black shoes wondering

where my backbone went though my mind

temporarily quieted, forever remembering

The painting is George Bellows "Cliff Dwellers" which may be seen at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Check out the other RedTent Wordle

poems here.

Comments

[mark]

Smells like something by Dickens, but I am probably incorrect.

Still, wonderful work as always, Julie.

[Julie Jordan Scott]

Close, Mark. It is an American author, also from the past. (And thank you for reading!)

[pwf]

You have me stumped. It makes me want to escape, and quickly (a little phobic about crowds) makes me think of Suddenly Last Summer and City of Joy
The painting suits it.

[Mary]

Interesting story within your poem. (Always hard to figure what to do with all the words!)

And --

Wonderful last line!

[Jingle]

nature walking,
very beautiful and haunting...
lovely flow.
Thanks for sharing!

my entry is here

[Jingle]

my first try,
Glad to see you in the team,
love your poetry!

[Jingle]

your vocabulary is deep and your poetry is in depth, vivid image,
thanks for sharing!

[Kelly]

This is very good, Julie. I especially like these lines:

before the beast swarm / is glued to my knickers, docking / grimey paws hungrily in / my pockets as I stand, shocked

[carolee]

a great idea to combine the wordle with an image!!

[Tumblewords]

Lots of imagery in this delightful piece - it's strong and intriguing.