Thanks to MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie for hosting this prompt. For the prompt I have chosen the theme “a trip behind the looking glass,” the male Z name “Zenith,” the female Z Name “Zephira,” the instrument of a “mandolin,” the scent of “vanilla,” and the verb “surrender.” Also, I’m combining the Prompt with Grace from Poetic’s Pub #dVerse on boarders.
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Credit: Diogo Costta
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Mirror divides, boarders in this place from next,
She’s a second Alice, in blue, much perplexed.
Her name, Zephira, born in distant lands.
Fingers graze lookingglass, ripples expand,
Beyond here she knows lies Wonderland where —
She’ll meet talking creatures, rabbits, hares.
Through the looking glass, Zephira finds new life.
She’s read of Alice’s journey; though glass,
So she enters, vanilla an aroma that lasts;
Invades her lungs as she breathes it in,
This new reality, chance to explore freedom.
Not to be forced to surrender to life’s —
Hypocrisy, marriage games played with spite.
Alliance (loveless) to wealthy prospects,
Zephira forgets, enticed with perspective.
Through the looking glass, Zephira finds new life.
Notes of the mandolin strummed lead her bare feet,
To places wondrous where flowers her greet.
Rising high, to top of mountain peeks, finds,
Zenith, who’ll not control her, so she shines.
Zephira surrenders to him, her choice glad,
Holding hands in boarders of Wonderland.
Through the looking glass, Zephira finds new life.
Thanks to Lorraine from MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie for hosting this Tale Weaver’s writing prompt a few weeks back. The prompt theme is ‘The Writerly Persuasion.’
Thanks to Priceless Joy for hosting FFftAW. Apologies this is a longer piece than should be but sometimes pieces develop into much more and there is also a second part to this prompt.
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Credit: Mike Vore——
Part 1:
Evangeline was a child prodigy playing songs on the piano from the radio, by ear, at age six. Her mother, Ruth, had dreams of her daughter being a classical music concert pianist.
Grudgingly, Evangeline passed all her Royal Conserveratory piano exams up to the tenth grade when she was only nine-years-old. Although forbidden from playing popular music, when she was home alone, she sang along to her Ipod and wrote her own songs with vocals.
Then, Ruth forced her daughter to travel the world playing classical music concerts. Evangeline’s classical piano arrangements were powerful and exhilarating tohear because of her resentment and hatred blended into every composition.
After graduating with an honours BA in music while touring, Evangaline refused to do more university degrees in music or to tour playing concerts. She had never been given a choice about how she wanted to use her talents or live her life. Her mother calling her ‘selfish,’ pushed her over the edge.
A Cinquin is an unrhymed poem consisting of twenty-two syllables distributed as 2, 4, 6, 8, 2, in five lines. It was developed by the Imagist poet, Adelaide Crapsey.
