Monday, April 11, 2011

Magpie, 4/11/11














Spatterings of  paint,
blood , wine;
with three candles
and a knife
underneath the tablecloth,behind.

29 comments:

Brother Ollie said...

Cool - love the imagery.

Everyday Goddess said...

setting the scene for mystery? nice!

Isabel Doyle said...

remind me not to accept invitations for a meal!
nice one!

Anonymous said...

Hmm, this does not bode well...fantastic suspense!

R. Burnett Baker said...

So few words but great image and mystery! (by the way: It wasn't Col. Mustard!)

Jinksy said...

Dirty work at the crossroads? LOL

Helena said...

I hope you didn't miss....!!

Laurie Kolp said...

Clever take on the prompt!

~laurie

The Blog of Bee said...

Conjures up a gruesome picture. Good one!

Olivia said...

Chills!!!!! Very well done.. :)

Hugs x

Martin said...

A little of the macabre. I like it.

Louise said...

Hmmm, you got right in there Izzy, full of tension!

Maude Lynn said...

Excellent!

Anonymous said...

Other than that...how did you like the dinner? Clever...and the beginning of a mystery. Vb

Tumblewords: said...

Terrific - chilling and mysterious!

Reflections said...
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Reflections said...

A bit of mysterious de...light in dish one. Nicely done

hyperCRYPTICal said...

Yes! A mystery is born!

Anna :o]

Arian Tejano said...

Eerie. :)

Tess Kincaid said...

It was Professor Plum in the dining room with a knife!

Helen said...

This might be a dinner invitation I would choose to refuse ....

Margaret Pangert said...

Eery! I can see the spatters and the outline of the knife! Delicious tension!

Christine said...

Intense

Trellissimo said...

Help, help!

Steve Isaak said...

Well-set, focused work. Exemplary.

Vinay Leo R. said...

Brrr! Loved the imagery :)

My Magpie Post

joanna said...

a wonderful mystery in poetic verse, how chilling,

nice write,

joanny

Enchanted Oak said...

So terse and tense. You set a good scene with the barest of words. Good work!

Anonymous said...

you write beautiful poetry, keep it up.


Invite you to share your poetry with our poetry potluck today,
Random poems, poems unrelated to our theme are welcome!

Hope to see you in.
Bless your talent.
Cheers.
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