Gunshot.
Forgot.
Passed on out of earshot.
Resting in a blind spot.
Didn’t make it is the upshot.
Hit the target, won the jackpot.
Every big shot
Bound gagged and bought.
Gunshot gunshot gunshot.
Just another onslaught.
Headline. Snapshot.
Prayers and thoughts.
The prompt from Bjorn at dVerse was to write a poem of dissonance. The article he referred us to spoke of how such a poem should make us uncomfortable. Everything makes me uncomfortable these days.
I have also responded to Muri’s poem/prompt at W3, where she asked for a poem of monorhymes either at the beginning or the end of the line. I’ve put it in the hexaduad form.
K. 
these paintings are as haunting as your lines, Kerfe ~
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They are old. I’ve been covering this topic in blog posts since the beginning of my blogging life…
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Yo!
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Yep.
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🙏🏻💜
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apt topic for Bjorn’s prompt, Kerfe!
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Thanks Kate. Hard to get it out of my mind.
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keep writing it out …
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I like the abruptness of this, Kerfe, and the accompanying artwork is stunning!
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Thanks Ingrid. Guns are always abrupt.
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Dissonance applied so effectively Kerfe. It hits hard.
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It does. Over and over again. Thanks.
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All those shots, pop pop pop, and the dab of red in the painting…
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I just don’t understand how they can think it’s ok.
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Me neither, but listening to the comments on social media I realise that they do.
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Wow! I love that you used the Hexaduad for this – it is a great poem of dissonance and sadly truth.
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Thanks Muri. I’m so glad you introduced me to this form.
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Mono-rhymes, hey, that is a new one for me; very interesting. The poem was good, but the artwork had more punch.
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Thanks Glenn. Whatever works.
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Uncomfortable, yes. And how sad it is that there is so much fodder for this prompt.
The artwork, too. I thought at first glance that the top one was a bird, but it becomes more disconcerting the more I look at it.
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Thanks Merril. I need to get my vision out of this place. But it’s hard to ignore it when there’s another shooting–or 2 or 3– every day on the news
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There was another one–in Philadelphia last night.
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Straight and simple. Especially your closing line. Fine, when expressed, but considered the solution by those with the power to make real change.
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I think we will never see change. But that doesn’t mean we can’t keep telling the truth.
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Can art bring healing? I hope so…thanks for expressing the dissonance our society is experiencing in heartbreaking frequency!
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Thanks Lynn. I’m not sure how healing this is, but it helps to get it out.
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So well done with the artwork and the poem. I can feel the word popping out with gunshot gunshot gunshot.
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Thanks Grace. I keep hoping we will leave that sound behind…
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Perfect match of artwork to poem. Well done!
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Thanks!
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I believe those thoughts and prayers are just a way of turning the other way…
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what do you mean? you mean instead of doing something about the situation?
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I certainly see it that way.
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Powerful, Kerfe… The rhymes are like bullets…
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And another shooting in Philadelphia on the news this morning.
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Hi, Kerfe! ❤
I just want to let you know that our next W3 prompt, hosted by Britta Benson, is now live!
Much love,
David
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Thanks David. May not have time this week.
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S’ok! I just didn’t want you to miss it 🤗
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I’m glad you sent me the link anyway. For some reason it didn’t show up in the reader, which is where I look at posts.
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https://skepticskaddish.com/category/poetry/poetry-prompt/
Hi, Kerfe!
The new W3 prompt, hosted by Sarah David, is now live.
💘
David
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Thanks!
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