Mental Meanderings

Just a poem today - And He Played On

*sighs* Time is compounding on me again today. I was blazing through this evening feeling like I had time to spare, sat down to read an item, got drawn in enough to leave a comment, got into an email conversation with the author of that item while also checking out some forums and reading and responding. Now I find an hours gone by when I should have been writing a poem. That time has passed and I'm into the time I should be writing my blog.

My resolve to write a poem today is still burning strong and my resolve to write my blog today is too. The only way to have time for both now is to make their goal the same. So, apologies to Anyea today I'm going to write a poem and post it in my blog. Compromise! Woot!! lol

Written for the "Invalid Item" 
Prompt 11 - In any form write a poem that includes the all four prompts below:
~ a flash of lightning
~ a photograph of an elderly man
~ someone playing an upright piano (you choose who)
~ a vase of red roses

And He Played On

The shadows cast in cloud, a summer noon.
A flash of lightning sparked the stormy skies.
I stand in puddles whipped by the monsoon
and wish the warmer weather would reprise.

A melody sang out, soft jazz, nearby,
from dimly lit and smoke-filled matinee.
It called with a Pied Piper's lullaby
to draw me in and beckon me to stay.

A photograph of an elderly man,
an aging grey against a vase of red,
red roses, stood on an upright piano.
They filled me with an agony of dread.

The pianist played on without regard
to one lost daughter left alone, a shard.

I went with the Shakesperian Sonnet form but had to break a rule or two to make it work. I wonder if Larry knows that forms don't have to be followed exactly to be perfect if it works better inexactly. Or maybe it's just a sign of me being lazy and running out of time?

Still, that's what an hour of labor and a good image inspiring prompt will give me. This round ends today so I don't have time to try again and I'm moderately pleased with the result as is. I did think perhaps a Ballade or Ballad form could produce another nice poem with those prompts. Perhaps I'll try that another day.

For now I still have to post the poem as a static item and submit it to the contest. Wish me luck.