Verbal cubism and tender buttons – Meeting the Bar- Only the Lonely

Still_Life_with_Cubist_Guitar_by_Valnor

Words falling

Floating away

Grab one

At least

The yellow

The red

Fondle the fuchsia

Three sticks are better than two

Three arms

Play

Naughty

Career choices.

A ramble is better than a stroll

Purple impresses

Stains

Putrefies

Take hold

Brown paper bags

A plenty

Rain on my head

Soaked

In crap

Hesitation

Colours blending

Caress the green

Kisses on chocolate

When at rest

Home again

Home again

Only the lonely

Know pain

Dum dum dum dum dum di do wah.

Written for: http://dversepoets.com/2014/10/09/verbal-cubism-and-tender-buttons-meeting-the-bar/

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22 Responses to Verbal cubism and tender buttons – Meeting the Bar- Only the Lonely

  1. Kathy Reed's avatar Kathy Reed says:

    Having fun with a Paul Anka song….love it!

  2. brian miller's avatar brian miller says:

    hopefully the rain washes off a bit of the crap? smiles.
    only the lonely indeed…nice beat to end on too.

  3. wolfsrosebud's avatar wolfsrosebud says:

    i think we’ll all agree kissed on chocolate is sweet

  4. Gabriella's avatar Gabriella says:

    I am afraid I do not know the Paul Anka song Katy mentions but I still enjoyed the images you created. I wouldn’t mind kisses on chocolate even if chocolate kisses are probably even better. And I am sure ‘three sticks is better than two’.

  5. Glenn Buttkus's avatar Glenn Buttkus says:

    I’m thinking that it was a Roy Orbison song, or Anka sang a cover for it, or vica-versa; still the fun you had with the words was contagious, like the active lines /purple impresses/stains/putrefies/.

  6. Grace's avatar Grace says:

    Nice, I like the use of colors specially purple ~ Only the lonely know the pain, this ends like a song ~

  7. JackieP's avatar JackieP says:

    Hmm. Only the lonely for sure. But kisses on chocolate should compensate. 😉

  8. RoSy's avatar RoSy says:

    Love that song!

  9. I think that fondling a fuchsia is a sure cure.

  10. Mary's avatar Mary says:

    This poem has a nice melodic beat to it. I like its colorful ramble, and oh the kisses on chocolate!

  11. Kisses on chocolate my favourite line and of course the last line made me smile.

  12. Words falling
    Floating away
    Grab one
    At least

    I am not sure of these four lines were meant to flow together or just to stand by themselves, but as a writer they spoke to me as one thought. If I don’t write something down as I think of it, it often flows away and is gone! Enjoyed reading this.

Please feel free to comment, I appreciate your thoughts.