Stairway to… (Fun Poem)
Hark! Now hear my warning …
All you souls upon life’s avenue,
Beware of the dark unseen furrow
From which arises hell’s hot steam …
Disjointed is the stairwell:
Two choices you have,
The one seems so sturdy
Made of bright aluminum …
Up from the well,
Is a melodious opera …
But be not taken in,
By the lyrical bellowing,
It’s a salivating demon,
A tenor, from hades!
Know that the stairway to peace,
Is in finely worked filigree,
Made of white ivory,
So fragile it seems …
The music coming from this stairwell,
Similar to caterwauling to some…
Are vibrant violins and cellos,
Play an exciting crescendo
Of arpeggios
No harp strings at all!
So if you’re in pursuit
Of a new home for your soul,
I’d advise you to choose
Vivaldi to Wagner,
And take
The more delicate
staircase of ivory,
For that is my friend,
The stairway to heaven.
Written for Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle Monday Prompt
This is vivid and lively very well done fun and thought-provoking
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Also shows I tend not to like Wagner and opera 😉
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It does indeed but there is nothing wrong with that =)
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Nope…I guess not thanks Yves for your comments 🙂
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This is great Georgia, you have used the words so well. The stairway to heaven is ivory, very interesting and I would agree with the choice of music. Very well done.
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Glad you liked it and though it was cool that our stories worked well together 🙂
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Must be great minds Georgia.
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LOL…how can I not agree! 😉
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Amazing. Sounds like something you would hear in an adventure story. Like an ancient riddle or warning.
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Thanks…I’d hoped it would sound like one of those things you come up against in a d&d scenerio.
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Definitely achieved that.
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Thanks coming from you I feel very proud indeed!
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Great write! I rarely appriciate the preaching tone when I read, but you worded it out nicely and eloquently, and in a way that when you read, it imprints as something important, kinda like “words from the wise”, whilst similar poem, for me, tend to have a lot of just thrown words around to resemble a message, a knowledge to lead. This is why I always say that it is important and recommended for one not to be afraid to weave personal threads into a poetry/prose piece.
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Thanks so much Oloriel…I hadn’t intended it to be a preaching poem…just a sort of d&d indication of how to choose a path…and heaven and hell came out, but then myths are myths and they were as good as any. Loved your articulated comment!
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A very imaginative, thought provoking wordle response! I love the way you wrapped the poem around the words.
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I love wordle prompts they’re fun to do and nearly write themselves! Glad you liked this one, I enjoyed the idea my muse came up with too!
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