Poem: "Home Shriek Home"

[ysabetwordsmith]

Earlier today, I posted " Eviction, Noticed."  Series sponsor ladymondegreen. People wondered why the monsters didn't stay with the narrator and where they went.  I hadn't thought about that before, but the first thing that occurred to me was: he didn't have another place lined up, so there wasn't room for them.  The second thing that occurred to me was this...

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[zianuray]

I love your stuff.

Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm glad you enjoyed this. I was looking at the followup to "Eviction, Noticed" and the whole poem pretty much fell into my head.

[thesilentpoet]

Very nice, love the rhythm you have here. As much a story as it a poem.

Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Much of my poetry has a strong narrative quality. I'm giving myself the option to write flash fiction, but well, I've read so much mythology and fairy tales and other stuff that uses rhythm and repetition in prose ... I tend to think that way once I'm on a poetry streak, and the result often comes out like this. Poems that tell a story, tied together with cadence and repetition rather than rhyme.

[jenny_evergreen]

*chuckle* And they lived happily ever after.

[janetmiles]

Oh, this makes me so happy! Thank you so much for writing it and posting it.

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm delighted to hear that. February was a good month for the Poetry Fishbowl, so I've got leeway to share.

[e_scapism101]

This is wonderful!