"Life is the dancer and you are the dance."
— Eckhart Tolle

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Purple NaPoWriMo #7 - Use a colour as your title

Royal insists on servitude, bowing heads with bleeding arcs,
where fine promenades fill halls, masks are worn away
Sequined thoughts no longer shine from
unclear memory, but if I dust it off
I could remember, though I prefer its loss.
There’s a safety in not recalling lousy incidents; it’s comforting.
While gleeful others relish in one’s misfortune … as 
royal purpleness is forever satisfied with this design.
To swim in different directions, our lives are
floating in an unsynchronized fashion that’s
crisscrossing now and then … 
believing it takes great restraint,
pretending we are somewhere that we’re not.
Posted by flaubert at 1:05 AM

18 comments:

  1. vivinfranceApril 7, 2011 at 2:06 AM

    Terrific one, Pamela. I love imperial purple - specially socks!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Stan SkiApril 7, 2011 at 2:08 AM

    Always comes in handy that purple haze...

    ReplyDelete
  3. Andy SewinaApril 7, 2011 at 4:52 AM

    This is a good read, I like the way you generated such thoughts from your chosen colour.

    btw, I know a girl who only grows purple vegetables in her garden. How cool's that?

    ReplyDelete
  4. Ron.April 7, 2011 at 5:07 AM

    Always been my favorite. This is solid writing.

    ReplyDelete
  5. AnonymousApril 7, 2011 at 5:22 AM

    Like the poem says, when I am old I'll be free to wear purple (I'm paraphrasing).

    Nice one.

    ReplyDelete
  6. MarianneApril 7, 2011 at 5:35 AM

    Great first line, Pamela! "Royal insists on servitude, bowing heads with bleeding arcs," And I love "Sequined thoughts." Well done!

    ReplyDelete
  7. GloriaApril 7, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    Great response to the color purple. I love the line, "...Sequined thoughts no longer shine from
    unclear memory.." Excellent!

    ReplyDelete
  8. flaubertApril 7, 2011 at 1:44 PM

    Yes, Viv, purple socks are cool!

    ReplyDelete
  9. flaubertApril 7, 2011 at 1:45 PM

    I'd like to have a garden like that, Andy.

    ReplyDelete
  10. flaubertApril 7, 2011 at 1:45 PM

    Thanks for that, Ron.

    ReplyDelete
  11. flaubertApril 7, 2011 at 1:46 PM

    Ha! Absolutely, Tilly:)

    ReplyDelete
  12. flaubertApril 7, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    Doesn't it though, Stan.

    ReplyDelete
  13. flaubertApril 7, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    Thanks much, Marianne.

    ReplyDelete
  14. flaubertApril 7, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    Thanks for the visit, Gloria.

    ReplyDelete
  15. Mr. WalkerApril 7, 2011 at 9:46 PM

    Purple is my favorite color. I'm going to have to try this prompt. I like "sequined thoughts" and "though I prefer its loss".

    ReplyDelete
  16. flaubertApril 7, 2011 at 10:16 PM

    One of mine, too, Mr. Walker.

    ReplyDelete
  17. MaryApril 9, 2011 at 7:44 PM

    I like "there is safety in not recaling lousy incidents." I agree. Let them go if you can, allow them to fade. I used to dislike purple, as I despised the poem "When I am an old woman I am going to wear purple." LOL. Now with a dog named Violet, I have taken another perspective.

    ReplyDelete
  18. flaubertApril 11, 2011 at 12:30 PM

    Lousy incidents will do nothing, but dishearten the spirit, Mary. I do like purple, though I don't wear it often.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)