In response to Poppy's super fun prompt
Red.
Like a hot stone of fury
Stuck in the throat.
Congealed phlegm
Choking on the embers
Of resentment –
Biting
Like scarlet lips
Whispering in yearning ears
Like a siren
Of sex.
Fuckable.
Tearing
Into the heart
Of a moment.
Laced in layers
Like a memory
Floating through the air
Of belonging.
Rising
Like the cheeks
Of shame
Flushing warm -
A secret
Shared in the presence
Of lies.
Lit
Like the town
Of an after party
Sprayed in high jinx.
A graffiti wall
Of jubilation.
Smashing
Like the warfare
Of a broken land
Shot down in bullets
Hitting hard the floor
Of pain.
Threshold
Fucking
Palpitating
Burning
Angry
Loving
Red
Sex
Red.
Blood
Shot
Hand
Caught
In the
Dance
Red
Bull.
Died
A
Death –
Or just.
A Red herring?
About the Creator
Celia in Underland
Just a voice finding its echo. Teacher - reader- bystander -weird as a koala in The Arctic, but slowly learning to ditch the ecalptus and embrace the ice pop. #evolutionaryroad
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Comments (21)
Wow. Now that’s a performance piece. Can’t wait to hear your YouTube version. 😎 Congratulations on the Top Story 🥇
😮 outstanding. Congratulations on your top story.
Amazing performance poem!!! Congratulations on Top Story!!!💕❤️❤️
Nice I wish ❤️ I mine where this good
So so very red in every dimension, very immersive experience. Now I'm seeing red. Congratulations on Top Story!
yay, so glad to come back and say congrats on an awesome Top Story!
Wow!! This all came from the word red? Wonderful writing. Congrats on the Top Story.
This is definitely a performance piece, Celia!!! Congrats on the Top Story!!
Red hot emotions in this one! I loved how the sentence structure broke down throughout the piece and this whole poem just bled red. Beautifully done!
Palpable hot emotions. Anger of red shining through the tiers of broken, whole and mended back together feelings. Really a great representation of the color.
Wow this was an amazing poem, Celia! I could feel the passion behind the words, loved it!
You really capture the danger of red here, that enticing, exciting, horribly risky, wounding blaze of redness.
Whoaaaa, this was so intense! I'm so happy you chose red because it's my favourite colour!
Oh damn, Celia. I love that second part, the single words trailing to that punchy end! I feel the slam poetry, for sure; fantastic job! This bit: "Blood Shot Hand Caught In the Dance Red Bull. Died A Death – Or just. A Red herring?"
Reading this felt like the song in "Rent" where everyone is having sex ("Contact"), only in this, Angel doesn't die.
This is absolutely stunning Celia! I could picture this being passionately performed on stage because it reads like slam poetry. Every line was incredible and the structure really added to the impact of it. I loved the ending too!! Thanks so much for taking part in the prompt💛
Loved the shape and sound of this
I was so drawn into this! It has kind of a musical ebb and flow to it! Beautiful work! 😍
This...is impressive. So impressive. Such a great way to show the connections between red and different things in life. Just, yeah! Great entry. Bravo.
Great poem, so many questions though. What’s making you red? What’s making you palpitate? Death? Who’s? Yours? A friends? And by red herring do you mean you faked your death? Anyway, well written. You’re a great writer!
This is great. I can see the colour in your words. Well done.