Monday, 18 April 2011

O is for ... ???

Thanks to all who dropped by on Saturday! The answer to the post was, NAIVETY. Today's key word is actually an act or state of being, rather than mind. I'm going to be a little abstract today with a poem. I think it's time we make this a little more challenging!

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The strength of her grip
sears fingerprints
into my palm.
I’m silenced
as her claws embed
into my lifeline,
piercing what’s been
patented as my stream
of consciousness
since I tore through
her womb
like alien spores.
Have I been growing
like fungus;
spreading myself
as far as I can stretch—
for this day? For the day
I realize she,
who put me on this
earth, has the power
to extinguish me too,
by severing the link—
deforming my instrument.



So, can you guess the word (a noun) depicted in this piece that begins with the letter ‘O’? Please nip over to Nicole's blog to read her interpretation of our O-prompt word. Here’s the link!



 
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25 comments:

  1. Charmaine Clancy18 April 2011 at 14:10

    Got me. No idea.
    Wagging Tales - Blog for Writers

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  2. Leigh Caron18 April 2011 at 14:31

    Ostracize?

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  3. Stina18 April 2011 at 14:42

    Let's just say 5:40 am is a little too early for me to think this hard. ;)

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  4. Alex J. Cavanaugh18 April 2011 at 14:51

    Not a clue.

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  5. RHYTHM AND RHYME18 April 2011 at 14:53

    I'm wordless.

    Yvonne.

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  6. Unknown18 April 2011 at 15:04

    Amazing poem, Jess! And it represents today's word really well, especially the last six lines. Brilliant!

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  7. Anonymous18 April 2011 at 15:41

    Love the poem; not a clue. No excuses, just not a clue.

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  8. S.A. Larsenッ18 April 2011 at 15:43

    I'm going with 'Obedience'. :)

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  9. Baiba18 April 2011 at 15:56

    wow, no idea :D

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  10. Laura S.18 April 2011 at 17:16

    Ooo, I like this! I guessed obduracy or obedience at Nicole's...

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  11. RosieC18 April 2011 at 18:19

    I'm stumped, but I love the writing (as always :)

    Rosie
    East for Green Eyes

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  12. Lenny Lee18 April 2011 at 18:56

    hi miss jessica! wow for sure you could write real deep meaning poems. for me the first word that got in my head is opressed.
    ...hugs from lenny

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  13. Marjorie18 April 2011 at 19:33

    Okay now I am confused! I have no idea.

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  14. Unknown18 April 2011 at 19:57

    Oppress or overpower? Great poem.

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  15. Luana Krause18 April 2011 at 20:48

    No clue! Ostracize?

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  16. Lindsay18 April 2011 at 20:57

    Um. Maybe it's because I've got a bit of a cold, but I can't think today. :(

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  17. Christa Desir18 April 2011 at 22:27

    I like obedience...although a side of me thinks the ending has to do with obstetrics!!! He he.

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  18. Golden Eagle18 April 2011 at 23:23

    I have no idea . . . I'm completely stumped!

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  19. Southpaw19 April 2011 at 01:47

    Hum, I'm stumped too. But I like the piece.

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  20. Denise Covey 19 April 2011 at 02:02

    Completely mystified. You got us! Came by to say you just might like my O post...


    Denise<3

    L'Aussies Travel A-Z Challenge O is for Outback

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  21. Unknown19 April 2011 at 03:52

    obsessive :)Is that a word? Sorry just tired.

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  22. Unknown19 April 2011 at 03:59

    oh forgot it is a noun so that would be obsession :) Hah? sorry, still tired.

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  23. Steve MC19 April 2011 at 05:50

    My state of being on reading that was Ooh...

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  24. jnp19 April 2011 at 06:53

    It would be Ontogeny: The course of development of an individual organism, if the two paragraphs were less about a particular stage of development and more about the full course.

    So, Ontology: The palm-pained narrator at one point fears for his very being or existence, whereas the Reverend imposes his ontologically anchored, cocksure code of ethics upon his daughter, who in turn must leave behind a repressed, familial state of being for another state of being she perceives as freedom.

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