The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 11/13/08

[BlueIris]

"Beheading"

Décolletage comes from decollo,
decollo means I cut off at the neck.
The Queen of Scots, Mary Stuart,
ascended the scaffold in an appropriate shift.
The shift was décolleté
and red as a hemorrhage.

At that very moment,
in a secluded chamber,
Elizabeth Tudor, Queen of England,
stood at the window in a white dress.
The dress was triumphantly fastened to the chin
and finished in a starched ruff.

They thought in unison:
"Lord, have mercy on me"
"Right is on my side"
"Living means getting in the way"
"Under certain circumstances the owl is the baker's daughter"
"This will never end"
"It is already over"
"What am I doing here, there's nothing here"

The difference in dress—yes, this, we know for sure.
The detail
is unyielding.

—Wislawa Szymborska

[BlueIris]

1. Kick.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. interesting...court intrigue has always fascinated me.

love this line:
"Under certain circumstances the owl is the baker's daughter"

thanks, Blue :donut: :hi:

[BlueIris]

4. Yeah, that's a good one. Very mysterious. nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear BlueIris!

Well, this is a cheerful little poem!

Not that poetry has to be, by any means...

I do wonder sometimes why people think these thoughts...

Still, it's very illuminating and real.

Thank you!

:hug: