My bat-like psyche hangs inverted
From the bough of a restive elm
The stars are my familiars
They anoint and endow me
A shaman poet
I drink of ink and ether equally
*
My eyes are composed of dark matter
They remain poised beneath felt lashes
Dare me and I’ll unmake the world
*
I surrender savage and Mesozoic
To instincts and intuitions
Bone dragons nest inside my entrails
Lungs articulating fire, spleen an oil well
My language is unpalatable
Toxic when combined
With the nectar of a foreign tongue
*
I know the dusk, I have borne her
My vestal daughter courting
Elysian nocturnes, her coronet
Is lined with violets and chrysoprases
She adjusts her moods to my psychophoria
She understands me
But would never knowingly
Become me
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My first attempt at a Jabberwocky I was inspired by the posts below =) I was insanely busy on Sunday (my daughter starts kindergarten today!) so I had to write this on the tram on the way to the shopping center to get school supplies lol Psychophoria is one of my favorite words but it’s not a word exactly because I made it up (it is derived from psychosis and euphoria so happy madness)
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This is freaking awesome. Love it. Reowr!
Thank you so much I am so happy to hear you say that!
This was amazing!
Thank you! I know you would totally rock the Jabberwocky so I am hoping you will give it go =)
I most certanly will, when I find some time! 🙂
I will look forward to it =)
This is simply wonderful!! 🙂 🙂
Thank you Helen that means so much to me =)
“I drink of ink and ether equally”…..ugh LOVE IT! My brilliant writing friend. 🙂 Thank you for the mention as well.
Thank you so much Anja =)
a shaman poet…smiles…drinking ink…coolness…the eyes of dark matter is another cool visual as well…
best wishes to your daughter at kindergarten today as well….
Thanks so much Brian =) She is such a sociable creature she loved it!
Powerful writing, fantastical images, eyes of dark matter, I particularly like that one. You continue to intrigue with the juxtaposition of words to create phrases I’d never dream of. Wow good stuff!
Thank you Scott wow!
I am totally wowed!
Awww thanks Sherry =)
You always have such powerful imagery. I love this: “Bone dragons nest inside my entrails”
Marvellous!
I love working with imagery that is one of my favorite parts when writing. I am not a visual person wheras a lot of people see their thoughts I have have almost no mental pictures (when I dream it is still somewhat indistinct). Maybe the childhood eye operation messed me up lol Often people point things out to me and I literally cannot percieve them even though they are right in front of my face and my vision isn’t terrible. I have literally read signs that people are standing in front of because I can’t see the people this absolutely baffiles my husband who thinks I have some weird x-ray vision thing going on but I don’t think I can see through things my brain just omits random people and objects. When I write I can experience visual stimuli even if I don’t get the nifty picture
Incredible, and an excellent new word!
Thanks Sara don’t be afraid to spread it around lol