the door spoke loudly
of mistreatment
and you blinked
even before the change
in air pressure reached your silence
a knee-jerk reaction to
conditioned anticipation of
battle, finally lost
Author notes
Classical (or Pavlovian) Conditioning: CS + US => UR; then CS => CR. An unconditioned stimulus (US) leads to an unconditioned response (UR), an association is learnt between the conditioned stimulus (CS) and the US so that the CS becomes a predictor of the US; this results in a conditioned response (CR) which is an anticipatory response to the US.
A contest entry
- Quickie - Word Prompt - Wince by ml12.
500 points, ended November 27, 2008, 9 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
This is a draft - be as harsh as you like.
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100th Hoodwinked~
Ooops~ It helps if I add a comment
Oy~~~ Love how You penned this for when I read~ my jaw dropped~ such a way with words with the message that packs a punch in a good way
Excellent!!
Brevity with Beauty that tugs hard~
Love this!! I learn something new
You have also been Hoodwinked by The Poetic Bandits~ I am a smidge late
Sowwy
Thank You for sharing Your Talent and Spirit~
Many blessings to You in all You do Sweet Soul
Best wishes too
with much love & light~ Desire~*~
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Hood Wink!
I like the deeper drama implanted within the words to give the emotions the extra kick
Another masterpiece hun!
♥
Stay safe
~Manda
(Apologies for late Hood-Wink!)
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It's not hard to tell who wrote this...and I'm glad you did. It opened with a bang and I appreciated it. I absolutely loved this and was disappointed that it had to end. This isn't as bad as you thought it was. Cheers
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woooooo go Pavlov! lol
tis good, tis good, pol
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100th HOODWINKED
A good poem to explain conditioned responses and failure that sets in before something has even been tried. You explained it well.
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That AN left me...
well, rather confused.
Nice personification in first stanza
I think doors have minds of their owns...like when they smack you when you pass by.
"even before the change
in air pressure reached your silence"
Me gusta...
mucho. It's just groovy and unique, and air pressure is kind of freaking loud, so cool jux with silence.
Do you need the 'the' in the second-to-last line?? the article word feels slightly unneeded...
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Jessica
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Sorry about the AN but I thought that someone would ask me what I was on about and I wanted to jump in first
... thank you for liking this and no, the article was not needed, it jumped in while my attention was elsewhere
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100th hoodwink
hmm, not sure what ti make of this. At any rate, today is your hoodwink day. Thank you for all your hard work. Look forward to reading more of your writes.
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