The Devil's Haircut
Mikeydred's May 2023 Poetic Challenge In The Vocal Social Society- Mike Singleton - Mikeydred
This is a series of short sonnets based on suggestions by Vocal friends in the Vocal Social Society. I will include a suitable video as well.
The challenge is:
โGive me a subject and five words and I will try and create a sonnetโ.
This is from Dharrsheena Raja Segarran:
Subject: Haircut
Words: Harm, Bite-sized, Slave, Sniff, Melt
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The Barber's Name Was Sweeney Todd
You Thought, No Harm, The Name Was Odd
What Is That Smell, Again You Sniff
The Wax Does Melt, Your Mind It Drifts
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The Bite-Sized Chunks Are Now A Pool
Tied To This Chair, You're Such A Fool
You're Now His Plaything And His Slave
Melted Hot Wax Poured On Your Face
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He's No Barber, An Evil Man
Hurting You Any Way He Can
His Scissors Snip And Cut Your Hair
But His Blades Do Not Stop There
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Into Your Chest, Straight Through Your heart
This Is Your End, Your Life Departs
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Like Mariann, I watched Sweeny Todd with my eyes closed. This was great though.
Oh, this is wonderful. Great job.
creepy! well done.
Omggg this is even better than I imagined! You're extremely talented especially because of the speed that you wrote this! Phenomenal!
Good use of some diabolically fun word choices.