Day 13 – Idiom
Her steps were grace
Her movements like fluid
She circled the bush
Like a hypnotic druid
*****
He held her gaze
Causing her heart to race
His stick in hand
As he gave chase
*****
Her laugh a song
As she smacked the bush
Her heart’s true desire
Kept a silent hush
*****
He followed her cues
Pride kept him steady
Protecting his heart
Unsure she was ready
*****
Their hearts called
To one another
Dared not admit
Never to be together
*****
Day 13’s challenge
For Day 13, the challenge was to write ” a poem in which the words or meaning of a familiar phrase get up-ended. For example, if you chose the phrase “A stitch in time saves nine,” you might reverse that into something like: “a broken thread; I’m late, so many lost.” Or “It’s raining cats and dogs” might prompt the phrase “Snakes and lizards evaporate into the sky.” Those are both rather haunting, strange images, and exploring them could provide you with an equally haunting, strange poem (or a funny one!)”
Today, you get two poems because I wrote “Bear in mind” on Opus a few years ago and I think it is perfect for this prompt. Opus was an iPhone app but is now a website called Opusia available for all to use. It is very popular with poets, although they welcome all types of writing.
However, I feel it cheating NaPoWriMo to use an already written poem. The challenge is to write a poem every day. So, ‘Beat around the bush’ is the poem for today’s prompt.
These phrases are called idioms. To discover more idioms, please visit www.smart-word.org.
Bear in mind
Bear in mind
That’s what she said
And in that moment
He climbed into my head
His fur was brown
The colour dull
With not much space
Pressed against my skull
He was not happy
The grizzly chappie
He could not get comfy
For it was not roomy
How it got in there
I’ll never know
Through my ears
Or up my nose
But once he was in
He could not move
So squashed in
He couldn’t groove
Squished up he was
Against my brain
He began
To complain
He moaned
He groaned
He infected me
Soon I too was grumpy
I had to get him out
Making me scream and shout
As the sound left my mouth
A little bear managed to get out
So bear in mind
When you hear the phrase
A grumpy bear
Might get inside
But now he’s escaped
And he is free
Looking for more brains
To be displeased
