Wednesday 27 July 2016

Iridesçious

I set myself the task of trying to write the most pretentious poem I could. Golden rule number 1 of poetry? Never use the word iridescent.

Iridesçious

The
iride
scent
films.
   Films
of oil.

Oil    oi       loil.

On top of puddles.

Shimmering-glittering-                   sparkling.

Shimmer,             glitter,
                sparkle.

ing.
     ing.
ing.

Shining-
                Gleaming-
                                   Flowing.

Lustrous. Scintillating. Opalescent!

          Opalescent-iridescent.
Iridescent-opalescent.

Iridescent.
Iridescent.
Iridescent.

Iri

descent.

Descent into iri.

descent  descent   descent

WAR

2 comments:

  1. I keep seeing the word deride in amongst it all...it is always there isn't it? X

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  2. By accident or design: yes. x

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