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Three Words Each
by Kristina Woodhillthree baskets
each
holding
three words
each
three mute
men
three mute
men
each mute
man
one basket
in hand,
each mute
man
thinks
a
mute
man
plan
one man
gobbles
three words
down
fast,
screams
"LOOK - AT - ME!"
words
fade,
his
last
three mute
men
three mute
men,
doodle-doodle-dumb,
tongues
tied in a pen
one man
tears
three words
into parts,
plays
anagrams
awhile,
then sings
them
to
the dark
each word
sung
pricks
a comet's
tale end,
sucked into
a black hole,
never
ever
heard
again
three mute
men
three mute
men,
criddle-craddle-crow,
black maw
caves in
one man's
mouth
shoots
a great wad
of spittle,
rubbed hands
hum,
honed
knife
starts
to
whittle
three
cuts
six
cuts
twelve
cuts
pi,
man
eats
a piece,
shaved
words
begin
to fly
i can speak!
i can cry!
i can yell!
i can sing!
now
listen
to
my tale
of
the
two
mute
men
03/02/2010
Author's Note: Nonsensical folk tale, out of my system.... whew. ;)
Posted on 03/02/2010
Copyright © 2025 Kristina Woodhill
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 03/02/10 at 05:15 PM ...k-gal, i was/am in the flow of this one...cutely but a juanty lil' posit...you write it formidably; give me the wonders on the two men left...too cool annnnd i love the line breaks and the break-away with the cridle-craddle-crow... |
| Posted by Joan Serratelli on 03/02/10 at 05:42 PM Loved the word play, the floe, the imagry- EVERYTHING- Perfect (as per usual). Thank you for this whimsical piece. |
| Posted by George Hoerner on 03/02/10 at 08:23 PM Excellent tale told to the world and carried via the inet to hither and yon. Who knows how it may change a world that needs it so badly. |
| Posted by Beth K Hannah on 03/02/10 at 08:49 PM this was so fun! and different! thank you |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 03/03/10 at 07:37 PM Like true folk-art, this type of poetic art carries on the stuff of such wonderful oral tradition. The memory is in the fun of it, the repetition of it. Much enjoyed. Thanks. |
| Posted by Glenn Currier on 03/10/10 at 12:34 AM Nice to see you venture "out of your system." Fun result that kept happily falling down the wordfall for more. |
| Posted by Charlotte Smith on 03/15/10 at 02:00 AM This is brilliant. |
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