The Head
I looked in the cupboard
And, Oh! It was bare.
No morsel nor crumb
Left for me to snare.
From home to market
Sped my thoughts thru the air.
Hunger upped and took
My empty body there.
Among heads of cabbages
Found I one with hair.
A severed head wearing
Death's icy stare.
Truly a gruesome sight to bear.
But the spectre can I not malign,
For, Lo, the head was mine.
© 1982
2007-06-08 05:39:11 · 6 answers · asked by BlueFeather 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
C Sunshine: it is an original that I wrote in 1982. The only place it was ever published was on a family web site.
Everyone: Thank You for your kind comments! Glad you enjoyed it.
2007-06-08 14:33:35 · update #1
You really should eat something before you start hallucinating again! Cool rhymes. It's a relief when someone knows the difference between "rhyme" and "poetry." Thanks for the LOL break.
2007-06-08 06:12:41 · answer #1 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Not too bad. I might flesh it out a little, it seems kind of sparse. Empty like your cupboard. LOL
2007-06-08 06:13:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was sure I heard this before. And that's what gave it away. The copywrite 1982....
Please make additional comment and let us know where it came from.
Thanks.
2007-06-08 13:15:01 · answer #3 · answered by C Sunshine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
omgsh! lol, i love that. hehe. its very well written yet absolutley HILARIOUS in the most ironic way possible.
<3 it.
`Hannah
2007-06-08 05:44:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
made me laugh...thanks!
2007-06-08 08:16:53 · answer #5 · answered by swimbike21 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nice......
funny too.......
2007-06-08 06:19:30 · answer #6 · answered by Minty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋