Wednesday #Poetry: Damp, Incensed, Skid

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Today's words are Damp, Incensed, Skid.

Damp fog enshrouded Skid Row
Hiding all crimes from lampglow
Beyond reason incensed,
His right arm all tensed,
The mugger drew back for a blow

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17 comments:

  1. SamMay 18, 2011, 8:50:00 AM

    I like this! Great atmosphere to it, I could almost feel the fog swirling around me as I read it.

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  2. Janet Lingel AldrichMay 18, 2011, 8:53:00 AM

    Spooky! I know you said "Skid Row", but could be Whitechapel!

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  3. Brian MillerMay 18, 2011, 9:00:00 AM

    vivid...life in the shadows can be that way...

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  4. UnknownMay 18, 2011, 11:52:00 AM

    A shady little diddy.

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  5. Sheilagh LeeMay 18, 2011, 2:47:00 PM

    Sheilagh Lee said I love the use of Skid row.you could picture it all.

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  6. moondustwriterMay 18, 2011, 3:40:00 PM

    Ya know if I were a mugger you would have given me the perfect scenario

    Love your lightheartedness in a foggy day.

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  7. Sylvia NeyMay 18, 2011, 3:59:00 PM

    VERY good!

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  8. Jess PJMay 18, 2011, 7:34:00 PM

    dark, yet fun

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  9. ayalaMay 18, 2011, 9:00:00 PM

    Vivid and dark ....

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  10. Ramesh SoodMay 19, 2011, 8:11:00 AM

    That's what a Mugger is supposed to do..well did he..

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  11. AnonymousMay 19, 2011, 9:19:00 AM

    I love the tension you creating in just a few lines.

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  12. AltonianMay 19, 2011, 11:12:00 AM

    Very atmospheric & entertaining poem; but a mugger wouldn't find much worthwhile on skid row - would he?

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  13. Tony NolandMay 19, 2011, 6:49:00 PM

    Thanks for reading and for the comments, guys! As it happens Old Altonian, I had the word "killer" in place of "mugger", right up to the final draft, when I changed it. I pulled the punch at the last minute. Somehow, it seems to fit more with a noir atmosphere, rather than being a clear Jack the Ripper homage which "killer" would have invoked. Too far in the other direction?

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  14. AnonymousMay 20, 2011, 2:01:00 AM

    Great use of the words

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  15. RMPMay 20, 2011, 9:42:00 PM

    tight piece. you painted an intense picture...both visually and emotionally

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  16. AnonymousMay 23, 2011, 1:31:00 PM

    Well done; your poem /
    swirls with tension and thick fog, /
    waiting for the punch.

    http://beespoetry.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/a-good-man/
    I went light this week, because last week's (Romeo Before Juliet) wasn't my best work.

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  17. Hyde Park Poetry PalaceMay 25, 2011, 11:43:00 AM

    magical capture of your sentiments, way to go,

    share a piece with us today.

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