This poem is written in response to Helene Vaillant’s What do you see Challenge:
What do you See? March/26/2019
and also the Tuesday’s Writing Prompt Challenge from the Go Dog Go Cafe, to write a poem containing the line “Footsteps of the Mind”.
Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge March 26, 2019
As I wander through the cloisters,
Just to see what I can find,
I hear a noise come suddenly
Like the footsteps of the mind.
Are these spectres from my memories?
Or something much more sinister?
Is it a thief that haunts the shadows
With some violence to administer?
My heart beats faster as I linger
In the dim and darkening light
Then I see from out the shadows
Something Impish, bold and white.
I see it bound and run towards me
And I scream and jump a mile
Then I realise that what I feared
Is just a dog, This makes me smile.
Can there ever be a terror
Greater than the one I find
When I leave my thoughts to linger
On those footsteps in my mind?
Copyright: Kristian Fogarty 27/March/2019
I have also included the following word prompts:
Word of the Day: Impish
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2019/03/27/impish/
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Thief
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2019/03/27/rdp-wednesday-thief/
Really good π
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Very nice!
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Thank you very much. I’m glad you liked it. π
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Great poetry.
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Thank you. I enjoyed writing it, there was something about the picture and the words “Footsteps of the Mind” that just set my imagination racing. π
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I find the halls of my own mind quite scary if alone left there too long.. Very nice compilation
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Thank you. Oh yes, me too. π
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Footsteps of the mind what beautiful words for a prompt. You did an excellent blending of the two challenges. My mind can conjure up phantoms in every nook and cranny if I let it.
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Oh Yes, mine too. My imagination is my own worst enemy but also my greatest friend. π
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Both is good, it can serve you or destroy you…lol…more so on the save you side for me.
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Excellent
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Thank you very much. π
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Oh, I love this one!! Brilliant, my friend!! β€
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Thank you, Kristian. Glad you liked it. π
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Wow, really enjoyed the suspense there!
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Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. π
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Some people say hunger makes the best of sauces. I say it is one’s imagination, which you expressed so well here with, and through, your story.
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Thank you. Our imaginations can colour our world. π
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I love the reflection on the human condition, the very stuff of cloistered life.
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Thank you, I’m so glad you liked it. Yes, the more cloistered we become, the more we fear the outside. π
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Absolutely, I love how you conveyed that. π
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