I admit to having gone a little off kilter with my Saturday Centus offering this week, but I haven't slept since my family got here, and I'm losing my mind. (Perhaps that explains the subject matter).
As usual, the prompt is in red; the other 100 words are mine, such as they are...
Descent (Descant) into Madness
A Memoir
It was a dark and stormy night;
my soul was changed forevermore.
If only I had barred the door,
to spare myself the awful sight.
To spare myself the awful sight,
I could have stayed within my bed
and pulled the covers o’er my head,
saved by the grace of human fright.
Saved by the grace of human fright,
I might have lived a life unmarred.
I might have loved and laughed, unscarred
by evil shrouded in moonlight.
By evil shrouded in moonlight,
my mind was dealt a killing blow.
We parted in the fading glow;
it was a dark and stormy night.
©2010 Susan Noyes Anderson
I had to look up descant to make sure I understood where you were going with this. I love the madness of this descent/descant.
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of an Edgar Allen Poe- it's fantastic!
ReplyDeleteHope you've had fun with your family, and I hope you get some sleep
This is you on no sleep? Please share the talent. I love it! This just may be one of my favorites. And now I have chills. Good job!
ReplyDeleteSue honey don't loose it completely into Madness we would miss you too much.
ReplyDeleteGreat writing here and hard to imagine doing something like this with no sleep.
Get some rest and keep writing
Love
Maggie
Oh I love your post about the surprise left by the elves
Still can't understand how you can write poetry so quickly, and especially this type of poetry. I love it. This is one of the most interesting poems you have written. I forgot what you call this way of writing. I tried it once and didn't like my outcome.
ReplyDeleteCrickey! This is heavy stuff - really great!
ReplyDeleteDoes your husband know?
ReplyDeleteThat you an Edgar Allen obviously had a big old fling where you absorbed his writing style. Or perhaps he absorbed yours.
This was really incredible.
Maybe you should become sleep deprived more often if this is the result.
I just sit in front of the screen writing "The quick brown fox jumped over the..." Hmmm.... I just forgot how that typing exercise goes.
Get some rest!
This was great!
Two words: Awe-some!
ReplyDeleteI loved it! Of course I did!!!
Wonderful. I too had look up descant (feeling a bit dumb) and I too hope you write on no sleep more often...this was simply wonderful.
ReplyDeleteVery unique! And must have taken a lot of extra work...while sleepless.
ReplyDeletethis is fabulous!
ReplyDeleteWow, this was very good. I wish I could write like this on no sleep. Fantastic.
ReplyDeleteScarey. But different. It had a lot of style in a shivery goosebumpy, I'm going crazy kind of way. Thumbs up.
ReplyDeleteWow! Twice! Is that legal?:) Just Kidding!
ReplyDeleteWow...you really know how to change things up! Your sleep deprivation shows another clever side of you.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure my inlaws aren't sleeping now that we're in town. Luckily they weren't here last night when I was up ALL night with a teething baby! Hope you get your rest soon :)
ReplyDeleteWow ... how ambitious and wonderful!!! Show off!! : )
ReplyDeleteSue, this was amazing! Where does your inspiration come from? I want some! Beautifully done!
ReplyDeleteOnce I knew your family was visiting, I found your poetry humorous but dark. What a good description of the joys and torments a family brings!
ReplyDeleteI just posted two assignments in one post. I'm bad, but please visit me anyway!
Malisa
Wow Sue. This is fantastic! I think one of my favorites this week, and this has been a very good week :) Please share your secret - I'm extremely sleep deprived right now and all I can come up with are "violets" and snarky baristas LOL
ReplyDeleteYou write darn well for a sleep deprived woman. Seriously well done!
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing! I love the rhythm.
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