Poem: "Pegasus Takes Flight"

[ysabetwordsmith]

Here is today's second freebie poem, courtesy of first-time prompter poeticknowledge.  It was inspired by prompts from marina_bonomi, my_partner_doug, and wyld_dandelyon.

Pegasus Takes Flight

The mythology book
is falling apart;
the crumbling glue
has gone to dust and
the pages have
fallen free of the spine.

The paper is still good,
though, creamy and fine,
smooth under the
seeking fingertips.

Smiling,

Comments

[fayanora]

I know in mythology that Pegasus was a specific winged horse. But in my main fantasy storyverse, "pegasus" is a generic term for winged horse. Just like horses, people breed pegasi (pegasuses?) and ride them about. They're a lot faster than normal horses, and easier to ride than gryphons or dragons. Lyria rides one in one story. And her enemy Jarnion rides one in a different story. Pegasi come in a variety of colors, shapes, and sizes, just like horses.

Yes...

[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm familiar with the breadth of the meme.

My main fantasy world, Hallelaine, has skyponies. Regrettably it also has pony-raptors, someone's idea of a hippogriff having gone horribly wrong. Imagine a flock of dog-sized hippogriffs, no two alike, all behaving like a school of airborne piranha.

Re: Yes...

[fayanora]

Oooh.

[kelkyag]

Awwwww ...

Any relationship to the origami mage?

No...

[ysabetwordsmith]

"Art comes to life" is a ubiquitous meme, around the world. This is a western version.

I wrote two Origami Mage poems this month, though. One is already up, the other be nabbed later.

[kelkyag]

It's certainly modern where the origami mage feels long-ago, but 'origami' says Eastern while 'pegasus' says Western, at least to me, the rest isn't specific to either. Some magics are passed down through generations, to children or students -- thus the curiosity. :)

Yes...

[ysabetwordsmith]

This poem is certainly a patchwork of motifs.

[lupagreenwolf]

I love it! I had a great "movie" of it happening in my head as I read it.

Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm happy to hear that. I think this could actually make a nice movie, an animated short using stop-motion to bring Pegasus to life. Beyond my skill, alas, but a cool idea.

[the_vulture]

I really like the playfulness of the narrative. *wishes he could play tag with the pidgeons, too*

Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm glad you like this.

Yes, the desire for flight was a pervasive motif in this month's poems.

Aaaw, well done.

[aldersprig]

*giggles and smiles*

I like this style of verse,
although I can't seem
to imitate it.

It carries one along
with the tale.
Nice.

Re: Aaaw, well done.

[ysabetwordsmith]

Thank you!

This one is light and quick. It does take practice.

Re: Aaaw, well done.

[aldersprig]

I can do poetic form, but it seem to take more thought and focus by far than prose.

Re: Aaaw, well done.

[ysabetwordsmith]

Poetry definitely takes more concentration than prose. Every word, even every space has meaning. So all the contents must be carefully chosen. Free verse is fairly easy, but you still have to include enough poetic techniques that it doesn't read like hacked-up prose; I like to use lots of alliteration and assonance in mine, metaphors and similes, sometimes allusions. Poetry with more rigorous forms is more challenging because you have to fit all the rules. I hate it when people write form poetry and then botch the form.