Repent
Desire is hidden
up our sleeves, playing us with
serendipity
Joker’s wild with make-believe
(better hide those foolish hearts)
I’ve bent everything here–prompts, forms, words, cards.
The prompt words are from Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday, but liberties have been taken with the tanka. Also inspired by–although not really following–the dVerse pentimento prompt (well, pentimento does mean “to repent” in Italian), and a poem I wrote awhile ago based on Laura Nyro’s “Flim Flam Man”.
I do love that Joker/Fool card too.
26 responses to “Repent”
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- - February 13, 2018
method two madness 
Bending is part of creativity. I like the sentiments expressed and the rhythm of your words. Your art is always expressive too. Love it! ❤
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Thanks Colleen. You always understand my tangents!
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LOL! It’s creative explosions – sometimes you can’t control them. 😀
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So true!
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Nice bit of “bending”, too. I like this one a lot.
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Thanks Misky!
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Nice connection of sounds with “sleeves”, “serendipity” and “believes”. I also liked those devil cards.
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Thanks Frank. I seem to have an attraction to jokers, devils, and fools…
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So fun to look at!
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It was fun to do!
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Such cool artwork to go with these words. A great combination!
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Thanks Lynn!
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Love it… feel the secrecy of love…
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Thanks Bjorn. Love is full of secrets.
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Oh the last parenthetical line is just perfect. How the naïve lovers can be tempted by the trickster’s magic.
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I know only too well…
thanks!
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I loved all you twists and stretches! Hearts hidden from the jokers! Great use of imagery. Loved the song also!!
Dwight
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Thanks!
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Great bending of form, Kerfe. The words are so clever. I’ve read them over a few times. The cards are great, too.
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Thanks Merril. I love cards of all kinds. With destiny as one of the prompt words I couldn’t resist.
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Ah….there’s creativity in the bending! 🙂
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Thanks Lillian.
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I love your Joker card, with that happy devil. Usually I find them creepy, but an honest to goodness demon changes everything. Bent in the middle and a thief of hearts too.
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Thanks Jane. Definitely a thief of hearts!
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Looks like he’s having fun too.
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