Truth

Posted on January 29, 2016 by ShirleyB

 

Anne

 

Reason or rhyme
ambiguous

Dark fading to light
obscure

Head
definitely off

About ShirleyB

I was born with the muse in me. Sometimes I wish it would go away but it won't, so, good, bad or ugly it will escape intermittently.
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22 Responses to Truth

  1. Victoria C. Slotto says:
    January 29, 2016 at 1:32 am

    Tough subject to deal with for the prompt but you worked it, especially the second stanza.

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  2. whimsygizmo says:
    January 29, 2016 at 2:19 am

    I like that second stanza, especially. There’s deep meaning in that “fading” here.

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  3. Bodhirose says:
    January 29, 2016 at 2:55 am

    You can’t escape the strong image in this one, Shirley!

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  4. flower girl says:
    January 29, 2016 at 4:59 am

    🙂

    Are you writing about me?

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  5. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) says:
    January 29, 2016 at 5:46 am

    What an image… With the image definitely disturbing, though I had to say it made me think of the queen of hearts

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  6. Kathy Reed says:
    January 29, 2016 at 9:31 am

    Shakespeare in a few words 😉

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  7. Sanaa Rizvi says:
    January 29, 2016 at 10:04 am

    Definitely a Shakespearean touch here 😉

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  8. Sumana Roy says:
    January 29, 2016 at 3:12 pm

    yes, why with a sword and not with the traditional axe…ambiguous indeed…in so few words you’ve amazingly captured the overweening Henry VIII’s scheme to behead Anne Boleyn…

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    • ShirleyB says:
      January 29, 2016 at 8:27 pm

      He (the King) had a french executioner brought over especially for the job with his own axe. An act of kindness?
      Thank you, Sumana

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  9. http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com says:
    January 29, 2016 at 4:30 pm

    Mysterious and a little bit frightening!

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  10. navasolanature says:
    January 29, 2016 at 6:55 pm

    Certainly an image to disturb. And folk used to watch!

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  11. ShirleyB says:
    January 29, 2016 at 8:29 pm

    Yes, gruesome isn’t it.
    Thank you, nava

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  12. vbholmes says:
    January 30, 2016 at 12:28 am

    an act made more horrific when described in fewer words.

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  13. lynn__ says:
    January 30, 2016 at 2:13 pm

    I think sometimes we do the same to Truth…

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  14. katiemiafrederick says:
    January 30, 2016 at 2:54 pm

    Oh.. the glory
    oh.. the peace
    iF IsiL sword
    swingers
    wILL
    replace swords
    with bats and
    just
    play
    BALL!
    instead
    of human
    heads.. ugh..
    dum humans..
    without tribal sports..;)

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