what if take 2.

dVerse’ Poetics Tuesday — Busted!

Tonight’s prompt from Lisa @ #dverspoetrypub has looking at the bust she saw on a museum visits.

i have gone with the ekphrastic option because the picture rough edges by Elise Siegul reminded me of one of my older poems. here is a reworked version.

WHAT IF? Type 2
#EliseSiegul, #dversepoetrypub, #ekphastric,

What if the planet was just,
 A disembodied head?
And us its many, many voices
What if you the master of the many?
Yes master of many crazy 🤪 voices,
Were the master of that head?
Would she be heard over the masses?
Or Could 7 billion voices in this head be wrong?
YES

© 1st 2016 rog
© 2nd 15/04/2025 rog leach 
#dversepoetry pub version

Helter Skelter #ekphrastic

Helter Skelter.

I live the helter skelter life,

Round and round and round,

Sliding away from where I was.

But where I was, was not right,

Round and round and round,

Sliding towards where I will be.

Back up the stairs through the darkness,

Will I make the top,

Again and again and again.

Just walk away, away, away

From the bollocks of the

Helter skelter life style of

Climbing life’s greasy pole

Only to be knocked back down.

https://dversepoets.com/2022/09/13/the-strange-houses-of-lee-madgwick/

here tonight at the #dverse pub we invited to look at the houses painted by Lee Madgwick and create an ekphrastic poem. thank you Sarah for the prompt.