Cranberry Ichor – sonnet – September 28, 2015

From where does this infection come
To which we all seem to succumb?
Our atavistic fears become
A bony heartbeat – inhuman drum.

Inhale exhale then goose-step walk …
As nebulous hate mongers talk,
Of a dark menacing migrant flock
[Vague figures lined-up on a dock].

Cranberry ichor floods the streets
Under pink jackboot’s metal cleats!
[Save the money of the elite!]
As history’s lessons we repeat.

From the banks of our prosperity
What lessons leave we to posterity?

MLMM Monday Wordle – September 28, 2015

1. Infection 2. Pastel 3. Cranberry 4. Bony 5. Atavistic (of, relating to, or characterized by atavism; reverting to or suggesting the characteristics of a remote ancestor or primitive type.) 6. Figure 7. Exhale 8. Copse (a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.) 9. Nebulous (hazy, vague, indistinct) 10. Menace 11. Door 12. Ichor (the fluid which flows like blood in the veins of the gods)

19 thoughts on “Cranberry Ichor – sonnet – September 28, 2015”

Our atavistic fears become
A bony heartbeat – inhuman drum.

I wish I had written this Georgia! To take these words which are not easy and put them into a sonnet wow I am impressed!

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Bastet on September 28, 2015 at 12:39 said:

Thanks very much Yves .. a fantastic compliment!

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Very good Georgia and very topical at the present…lovely write..

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Bastet on September 28, 2015 at 12:40 said:

Thanks .. the current events are very sad indeed …

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Scary-Good (that’s somewhere above a wow-comment!).

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Bastet on September 28, 2015 at 12:44 said:

Yep … can understand that … not a peppy topic … but these times are pretty scary.

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- J Lapis on September 28, 2015 at 12:54 said:
  
  They certainly are–
  
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Wonderfully written! Hard words to put into a sonnet, I’m really impressed !

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Bastet on September 29, 2015 at 07:07 said:

I love Wordles and usually do them in free verse – but I’m practicing for OctPoWriMo 2015 … kind of like lifting weights 😉 glad you liked it!

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- twopaisepoems on September 29, 2015 at 18:33 said:
  
  What is OctPoWriMo?
  
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  - Bastet on September 30, 2015 at 12:34 said:
    
    http://www.octpowrimo.com/2015/09/octpowrimo-count-down-begins.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Octpowrimo+%28OctPoWriMo%29
    
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    - twopaisepoems on September 30, 2015 at 18:37 said:
      
      Wow, this looks amazing! Would love to participate 🙂
      
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    - Bastet on October 1, 2015 at 07:00 said:
      
      I’ve just put my first post up .. and coincidence I actually wrote an acrostic which was part of today’s prompt … but it should have been about clouds 😉
      
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Wonderful indeed… a perfect sonnet… 🙂

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Bastet on September 29, 2015 at 07:10 said:

Thanks Maniparna … 🙂

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This is a brilliant use of the words describing the appalling situation of displaced migrants. Also using the sonnet form gives your message even more impact. Too good!:)

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Bastet on September 29, 2015 at 07:23 said:

Thanks Cressida for your lovely comment and critique! 🙂

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Drawn from the headlines and from the streets.
History repeats, repeats.

Can our children simply rectify the complexities of their parents?

Thank you for your kind words on my post on the prompt.

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Bastet on September 30, 2015 at 12:30 said:

Very welcome for the comment … it’s so sad that each generation has to try to rectify the precedent generation’s mess-ups … and then wind up passing on other mess-ups that complicate the lives of future generations. Actually more often than not we tend to repeat the same fundamental errors or actions that we’ve always made … one wonders if humanity will ever begin to learn from its experience.

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mindlovemisery on September 28, 2015 at 08:43 said:

Our atavistic fears become
A bony heartbeat – inhuman drum.

I wish I had written this Georgia! To take these words which are not easy and put them into a sonnet wow I am impressed!

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- Bastet on September 28, 2015 at 12:39 said:
  
  Thanks very much Yves .. a fantastic compliment!
  
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summerstommy2 on September 28, 2015 at 08:55 said:

Very good Georgia and very topical at the present…lovely write..

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- Bastet on September 28, 2015 at 12:40 said:
  
  Thanks .. the current events are very sad indeed …
  
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J Lapis on September 28, 2015 at 09:58 said:

Scary-Good (that’s somewhere above a wow-comment!).

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- Bastet on September 28, 2015 at 12:44 said:
  
  Yep … can understand that … not a peppy topic … but these times are pretty scary.
  
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  - J Lapis on September 28, 2015 at 12:54 said:
    
    They certainly are–
    
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twopaisepoems on September 28, 2015 at 19:37 said:

Wonderfully written! Hard words to put into a sonnet, I’m really impressed !

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- Bastet on September 29, 2015 at 07:07 said:
  
  I love Wordles and usually do them in free verse – but I’m practicing for OctPoWriMo 2015 … kind of like lifting weights 😉 glad you liked it!
  
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  - twopaisepoems on September 29, 2015 at 18:33 said:
    
    What is OctPoWriMo?
    
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    - Bastet on September 30, 2015 at 12:34 said:
      
      http://www.octpowrimo.com/2015/09/octpowrimo-count-down-begins.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Octpowrimo+%28OctPoWriMo%29
      
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      - twopaisepoems on September 30, 2015 at 18:37 said:
        
        Wow, this looks amazing! Would love to participate 🙂
        
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      - Bastet on October 1, 2015 at 07:00 said:
        
        I’ve just put my first post up .. and coincidence I actually wrote an acrostic which was part of today’s prompt … but it should have been about clouds 😉
        
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Maniparna Sengupta Majumder on September 28, 2015 at 22:06 said:

Wonderful indeed… a perfect sonnet… 🙂

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- Bastet on September 29, 2015 at 07:10 said:
  
  Thanks Maniparna … 🙂
  
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Cressida on September 29, 2015 at 02:49 said:

This is a brilliant use of the words describing the appalling situation of displaced migrants. Also using the sonnet form gives your message even more impact. Too good!:)

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- Bastet on September 29, 2015 at 07:23 said:
  
  Thanks Cressida for your lovely comment and critique! 🙂
  
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julespaige on September 29, 2015 at 14:54 said:

Drawn from the headlines and from the streets.
History repeats, repeats.

Can our children simply rectify the complexities of their parents?

Thank you for your kind words on my post on the prompt.

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- Bastet on September 30, 2015 at 12:30 said:
  
  Very welcome for the comment … it’s so sad that each generation has to try to rectify the precedent generation’s mess-ups … and then wind up passing on other mess-ups that complicate the lives of future generations. Actually more often than not we tend to repeat the same fundamental errors or actions that we’ve always made … one wonders if humanity will ever begin to learn from its experience.
  
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