Magpie Tales is hosted weekly by Willow.
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My first contribution to Magpie Tales:
Lip Color
Like a dark tongue
That films my lips,
Like a weapon
Pointed and curved,
A slash, a shimmer of red and brown
Changes who I am.
It makes demands.
I am no longer me.
That was a bit of fun! Try it out!
"That was a bit of fun! Try it out!"
ReplyDeleteI tried it. Let me know what you think.
I liked it!!!!
ReplyDeleteI like it a lot! I'm so glad you decided to write a Magpie Tale. My imagination took your bit (of fun) and ran into the story with it. Well done.
ReplyDeleteThere seems to be the recurring themes of power, youth, and confidence that is interchangeably locked to a tube of lipstick.
ReplyDeleteGood job
Lovely piece -- powerful really when you think about it, that a tube of lipstick can change us so dramatically,
ReplyDeleteA nice take on Magpie,
Joanny
Nothing like the power of that little tube.
ReplyDeleteAnother good first contribution. Keep 'em coming!
ReplyDeleteWelcome aboard!
ReplyDeleteYou're going to do well here, I can tell by your flair with words.
Lipstick alone can create a disguise.
rel
Lipstick has a tendency to make us believe we are playing grown up make-believe steeping into shoes not our own.
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The application of makeup can blend or appear to make a new person from the "old" person. Wonders exactly how that happens. If I get a date, why not?
a finely honed verse...those last two lines bring it to a sharp point...to be another, and lose ourseves in it. a funn magpie, definitely.
ReplyDeleteOh to paint the face and disappear, only to reappear in a disguise that is not real... all from a tiny tube of color. Well done!
ReplyDeleteA weapon, a mask - a smashing poem!
ReplyDeleteYou're quite correct, a lipstick colour changes you! Nice I liked it.
ReplyDeleteChristine
A slash, a shimmer of red and brown... Very sensual
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ReplyDeletemy first time too.
Happy Tuesday!
what cool poem,
ReplyDeleteI agree,
we change,
awesome magpie!
Nicely done on your first Magpie! I agree, lipstick does change us... Give me lipstick and my dark shades and I can conquer the world ;-)
ReplyDeleteHmm, is this form like a haiku? (sorry, not quite familiar with poetic forms). It's nice, I like it :)
ReplyDeleteAnd Magpie Tales sound very interesting! Thanks, I might try to contribute one time.
Free form verse, David. No particular form :) Please do join Magpie Tales. You'd be excellent!
ReplyDeleteVery perceptive piece!
ReplyDeleteLipstick .... should be renamed Powerstick... a great magpie. Very sensual!
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