Bloody Unusual

My
uncanny heart
is a lair
for numerous bloody unusual
tales.





Liner Notes for this Groove: This poem was created for the Weekly Scribblings prompt at Poets and Storytellers United - Unusual, Uncommon, Uncanny.

Also, on the advice of cleverer poets, a last minute word swap was made which makes it much better IMHO... "several" for "numerous".

38 comments:

  1. Oh, I just bet it is, LOL! And I love the photo you chose for this post!

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    1. I adored that picture the moment I saw it.

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  2. I love the idea of your heart being a lair! But I imagine it must harbour numerous rather than merely several such tales?

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  3. Good one yes hearts have their own agenda

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  4. How important it is to be ourselves and not be copycats all the time.

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    1. Being a copycat sounds terribly exhausting

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  5. I completely agree. Which might be why reading this elfchen makes me want to reread "What's a Little Blood to a Mother's Heart". So, I will.

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    1. Ha! I am delighted if reading my work inspires people to read more of it. :D

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  6. I hope your lair has room for some happy thoughts!!

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  7. And you know, some readers think this is actually you if you write in first tense.
    ..

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    1. I'm OK with people bringing their own interpretations of what things might mean.

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  8. Be you! Love this Rommy! Big Hugs!

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  9. Heehee! We know it! Love your uncanny tales!

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  10. "Numerous" works. There are many more than "several" within you. Somehow I know this. ;)

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    1. LOL, sometimes it takes time for better words to float into my brain. :D

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  11. Such richness and truth here, dear Rommy...

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  12. 'Numerous' is much more effective, I think. Excellent work, as usual.

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    1. Definitely agreed on the word choice. Thanks!

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  13. The first time I read it, it was tales of blood, "bloody tales," the second time it was that the tales are "bloody unusual." Then, a lair would be full of either, so thank you for waking me up to ponder on it!

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    1. I love when I can make little lines hold twice their weigh in meanings. :)

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  14. Love it... So like "uncanny heart".

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  15. Marvelous ... BLOODY well done!!!

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  16. One can only imagine the tale that correlates to that photo!

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