A blade.
Cold metal bites anything in its path.
Sharpened.
Precision and accuracy crown and adorn.
Wielded.
Endless uses. Destruction. Creation.
This one reveals
figures dancing in ice.
This one removes
a malignant, malicious growth of death.
This one prepares
food to nourish the body.
This one hastens
the Devil's course.
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Recently I've been analysing and responding to Gwen Harwood's poem "Prize-Giving", which uses a lot of enjambment to affect the speed the poem is comprehended at, and alter the mood.
The prompt "knife" was given to me by a friend (yes the same friend, we are creative people)
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aek
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Poesiaan-tho-lo-gy /anˈθɒlədʒi/ -noun- a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing. (Dictionary.com, 2020) welcome to my world, the world of anais euphoria king. try not to cry.
