The curtain opens upon the staff canteen
In the foreground are two figures seen.
One looks translucent with liquid grace,
The other, dense twin, with brown, heavy pace.
Unknown characters frequent background
Coffee-equipped sisters upon a table found
The changeable Oceania lounges on her chair
fish swimming in and out of her flowing hair
Eartha squats with solid stance, in pensive mood
A worm surfaces, briefly, in constant search of food.
The slowest, deliberate thinker of the pair, I fear
Looks across and asks the classic ‘Why are we here?’
“What was that, soil?” (Oceania uses a diminutive)
Shocked, she glugs “It’s not like you to be inquisitive!”
“A deep one indeed, and it’s not like you to tease,
If you really must know, it is because we’re AP’s!”
“Ah, right!” rumbled Soil, her face clearing from gloom
“I’d love to be a double-sonnet, or possibly a pantoum”
“What are you waffling about” gurgled ‘O’ in a snit
Her attention distracted when Sky enters and close sits.
“Well you said we’re from Allpoetry, that wonderful site”
said Soil in a dark sulking mood, “Why isn’t that quite right?
“Anthropomorphic Personification” O said (she’d been to college)
Never shy of her quick learning and displaying her knowledge.
“What does that mean? Said Soil (giving Sky a quick scan)
O said with scorn “ It means we are formed just like Man”
“But I’m a girl” wailed Soil, misunderstanding, once again
“Look at her, who does she think she is?” said O with disdain
Sky looked over regretfully, then blew to a distant chair
“Airs and graces” bubbled O, “She’s got birds in her hair!”
Eartha stayed silent, not judging and quite at a loss
(The door creaked open, a pause, then in comes the Boss)
Seeing the situation, Boss crosses to the now silent pair
Looks sternly at both of them with an authoritative air
“Why are you ignoring Sky?” he boomed with a frown
“She’s your sister too and it’s not meet putting her down”
“But she hovers above” protested O with some heat
“We’ve no common ground, where all three do meet”
“Without her you’d evaporate, oh fickle foolish girl
And you, earth would perish, into space you’d swirl!
“Don’t take the narrow attitudes that man does propound
The sky starts where you finish, not ten feet off the ground!
You’re not opposites to contend or to fight with each other
You’re the circle of life, acting together you’re Man’s mother!"
Curtain closes
Credits roll
Author notes
My key word was SKY and the ‘opposites’ would be ‘Ground’ and ‘Ocean’
Inspired by that and
The Wisdom of the Moon by Duana
At allpoetry.com/poem/748387
Other Anthropomorphic Personifications would be
Death (complete with scythe)
Father Time with glass (and oddly another scythe)
Mother Nature
Cupid
etc
etc
will put a more appropriate graphic in later
ps
Did I forget to mention?
Oceania's problem : Surface tension? wahahahah
Written October 21st, 2004
In a list
A contest entry
- The Opposite Contest by .
345 points, ended December 2, 2004, 17 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
What did you think
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Nice from no one in particular
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So excellent! I love the way you showed the extreme contrasts in metaphors and imagery. I love it! Hugs, Patricia
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Good personification here, although the rhythm was complex once I got into the swing of things it had a flow. good tight rhymes too. Good luck in the contest.
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well, I knew you would enter this cpontest because one of the requirements was to haaav 500,000 trophy's this piece should takr thr gold, sir
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This is really an amazing poem, and I'm not just saying that because I can't think of anything else to say (like usual).
You managed to stick in some words that most people normally don't use in poems (or talking, 'cuz us r 2 slow 2 understand or sez it) and they flowed with the whole poem... I really love this piece, it's humorous, a bit odd, and overall great!
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You have a unique gift! Your phrases are truly awesome and humorous as well.
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This is the third (I think) piece of yours that I read this morning. You pick the most interesting things to write about, or is it the most interesting contests to enter.
You either spend a lot of time working on your poems, or you are very gifted. I would like to hear you read them. Something about an author reading their poems that is very enthralling.
Your forgot one thing in end of your poem.
I will take it upon myself to put it there for you.
Curtain closes
Credits roll
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Nice work, good luck in the contest.
My applause as well.
Cheryl
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i liked this. it was had a nice flow and story to it. i like poems that have stories.
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i enjoyed this poem also and agree with it being delightful and humorous.. ~iccara~
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Not only did this have a very nice flow to it, but you put a lot of work into your well crafted phrases. This is really impressive Topaz. Your time and attention to this piece really shines through. I love it! Good luck in the contest. I haven't read any of the other entries, but I don't need to, to know this is certainly worthy of consideration for a win. Awesome!
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brilliant write, i love everything about it, it has delightful humor mixed in with meaningful lesson and wisdom. i enjoyed this so much, excellent write with perfect ending.
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I like the rhyme scheme, and the poem flows really nicely. Good luck, yet again.
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