Sunday, August 23, 2015

Strung Along

Like a puppet
you have strings 
attached
dancing 
to another’s tune
until you are
tied down.

For Margaret's "Play it Again, Toads" at IGRT.  I went back to Mama Zen's Words Count.  She asked us to write about a power image (part art, part personal mythology, part creative shorthand part art, part personal mythology, and part creative shorthand...anything that a writer imbues with a greater meaning that it would ordinarily have and adopts it as a signature symbol) in 25 words or less.  I'm not sure this is really a "power image" by her definition, but it is a recurring thing in my writing.
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16 comments:

  1. WanderAugust 23, 2015 at 11:45 PM

    This is good Mary, wrote a poem, putting it on FB

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  2. brudbergAugust 23, 2015 at 11:48 PM

    There are so many strings attached, but I often fail to find the puppet master.

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  3. Debi SwimAugust 24, 2015 at 5:06 AM

    and one I can relate to. Good power image.

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  4. Pat HattAugust 24, 2015 at 6:12 AM

    Tied down? Kinky lol

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  5. FireblossomAugust 24, 2015 at 6:29 AM

    "Marionette, I ain't one yet."--Mott the Hoople

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  6. hedgewitchAugust 24, 2015 at 8:00 AM

    Tied down--or strangled. The puppet show is getting surreal around us, Mary--but maybe that's what it's for, like this image.

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  7. Sumana RoyAugust 24, 2015 at 10:58 AM

    wow...a fantastic power image that....

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  8. 21 WitsAugust 24, 2015 at 11:08 AM

    I can see this clearly!

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  9. Susie ClevengerAugust 24, 2015 at 2:21 PM

    Wow! This speaks volumes.

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  10. GraceAugust 24, 2015 at 6:14 PM

    To be tied down, that's a powerful image ~

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  11. Maude LynnAugust 24, 2015 at 7:51 PM

    You made every word count. This is so powerful.

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  12. Magaly GuerreroAugust 24, 2015 at 8:23 PM

    This is a study in perception and movement. I would love to see it on stage... from the point of view of the dancer, the puppeteer, and someone who can see both angles.

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  13. Rosemary Nissen-WadeAugust 24, 2015 at 10:24 PM

    Powerful in its economy.

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  14. UnknownAugust 25, 2015 at 9:05 AM

    Oh, I've surely felt that way. Fortunately I did find a fellow who I'm in harmony with. We recently celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary.
    Thank you for visiting us at poetryofthenetherworld.blogspot.com

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  15. Buddah MoskowitzAugust 26, 2015 at 11:18 AM

    This is the heart and soul of almost all power dynamics: control from without and assent from within. Wonderful.

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  16. grapelingSeptember 1, 2015 at 1:38 AM

    got side tracked down the rabbit hole of the Flat Earth Society. there are actually people who appear to believe that. stunning. talk about being tied down, albeit inverse to the sense you've so lucidly penned here... ~

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