The Real Reason Why You Are Not Supposed to Hang Your Laundry Out at Night
Anne sings Dancing in the Moonlight
the clothes flap wetly on the line.
A warm moon, laundry hung at night
Anne sings Dancing in the Moonlight
Wolf's howl, low growl, change in a bite.
Sheets wait, too late, on her he'll dine.
Anne sings Dancing in the Moonlight
the clothes flap wetly on the line.
heidi
written 4/23/13 for
Today's prompt was to write a Triolet. You may remember that I recently tried this form after reading the lovely A Grey Triolet by Mary Bach. I think I may come a little closer to the meter requirement this time, but we know that I don't stress over meter anymore.
The idea for this poem came to me while I was hanging out sheets at midnight last summer. I was trying to catch up on housework while my sweeties were asleep. The moon was full and I started singing Anne Murray's Dancing in the Moonlight. It occurred to me that the scene would make a great short story about a werewolf. The prose hasn't happened yet, but now I have a cool Triolet.
Anne sings Dancing in the Moonlight
the clothes flap wetly on the line.
A warm moon, laundry hung at night
Anne sings Dancing in the Moonlight
Wolf's howl, low growl, change in a bite.
Sheets wait, too late, on her he'll dine.
Anne sings Dancing in the Moonlight
the clothes flap wetly on the line.
heidi
written 4/23/13 for
Today's prompt was to write a Triolet. You may remember that I recently tried this form after reading the lovely A Grey Triolet by Mary Bach. I think I may come a little closer to the meter requirement this time, but we know that I don't stress over meter anymore.
The idea for this poem came to me while I was hanging out sheets at midnight last summer. I was trying to catch up on housework while my sweeties were asleep. The moon was full and I started singing Anne Murray's Dancing in the Moonlight. It occurred to me that the scene would make a great short story about a werewolf. The prose hasn't happened yet, but now I have a cool Triolet.
Cool. Very clever construction. I like your lighthearted approach to your subject matter in all your posts. It's very engaging.
ReplyDeleteMind you, I don't think that I'll be hanging out my smalls any time after eight p.m. after reading this.....
Have a nice day.
The night this came to me, I had to stop doing the laundry because I scared myself and didn't want to walk to the ten steps from my backdoor to my clothesline. Thanks for the visit. I have been in a good mood lately and that tends to lighten my poetry a bit.
DeleteNice! I love the "wetly"-- a perfect, but unanticipated adverb. This made a great poem, and will be a great story as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nico! I liked the idea for the story so much that I became afraid that I couldn't write it. The Triolet kind of flowed out, and it makes me think that the story could be possible.I wonder if I tried to limit it to 100 words if that would work...hmm...
Delete"Wetly" felt inspired to me when I wrote it. I am glad that you like it too.
Very funny!
ReplyDeleteThank you daydreamer!
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