Poem: "Moulting"

[ysabetwordsmith]

This poem came out of the October 2, 2012 Poetry Fishbowl.  It was inspired by a prompt from siege.  It also fills a square on my second Cottoncandy Bingo Card for "reluctantly accepting help/comfort."  It has been sponsored by janetmiles.  For this poem, I researched the symbolism of sparrows in Christianity.  It belongs to the series Fledgling Grace, which you

Comments

[laylalawlor]

I like this a lot. This is a fascinating concept, and a very sweet story. Despite not knowing these characters at the beginning, I feel like I know them by the end.

Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I like this a lot. <<

I'm happy to hear that.

>> This is a fascinating concept, and a very sweet story. <<

I wanted to explore the idea of a challenging transformation that was still a positive experience. I'm glad it turned out that way.

>> Despite not knowing these characters at the beginning, I feel like I know them by the end. <<

Yay! That's very much what I was hoping for, that the reader's experience would parallel theirs. They don't know each other at all to start with, except by category -- devil and priest -- but you don't go through something that intimate without getting to know each other.

*hugs*

[ysabetwordsmith]

Don't pick at yourself if you're not ready then.

I'm glad you found the poem powerful. You can always come back to it later, if you find yourself thinking about it in context of things you are processing at that time.

Re: *hugs*

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>I may well. I was unable to stop reading it even tho it was hard, which often indicates something on the edge, but not quite there.<<

0_o I had not realized that the flypaper-for-eyeballs effect was quite that strong.

>> Edit: I also just noticed that the url for this comment has a 666 in it. Just caught my eye, given the subject matter of the poem. <<

*LAUGH* I guess somebody down there found it entertaining.