I'm going to write a couple (if by couple I mean 13, which I do) of new stanzas for the blackbird poem based on my interpretation of what these different blackbirds are. I'm not going to tell you what I think a blackbird is in this context, because it's open to interpretation. You're just gonna have to guess what you think it is.
XIV
A scary cave with crumbling innards
A blackbird
Filled with pits and holes and shadows
Smiling in the jungle light
XV
A pink blackbird filled with air
Floating as a balloon
Well-rounded
Blunt
XVI
A shiny-minded mastermind
A blackbird huntress Queen
An Empress of Nothingness
On the prowl
XVII
A blackbird wingless
Broken and Swinging
On one leg barely
Not quite standing
XVIII
A blackbird with lucky feet
Or not, a long pink tail and whiskers
Loose beak, light wings
Both wings flying seperate ways
XIX
Clean
Feathers tied back with pins
Sharp sighted and quick to peck
Agressive elegance
XX
A wave on the ocean
An aquatic blackbird
Flowing ever out
But looping back to the same
XXI
An animal
Talc to Gypsum to Quartz to Diamond
A shattered mirror
A blackbird in a maze in a box
XXII
A blackbird in flight
With tied wings
Caught in the rope
Flying in the fun house
XXIII
A blackbird fighting a dragon
In a desert
In a different space and time
Than where the blackbird sits
XXIV
A drowning blackbird
Tied to an anvil
Already at the bottom
Too long to be alive, but not dead
XXV
A brooding blackbird
Covered in spikes
Steeped in acid
An unknowing wraith
XXVI
An albino blackbird, clean
Beautifully sharp
Sweetly chirping
Unknown perfection
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7 comments:
wow, I hadn't thought of adding stanza's to this poem. very creative Abby, just like you :)
Nice-- it's a poem ripe for imitation and parody. I'll actually be giving you an extra credit option to write your own "Blackbird" poem.
Creative post-- well done!
"A drowning blackbird
Tied to an anvil
Already at the bottom
Too long to be alive, but not dead"
Abby for the last time, stop writing about zombie birds!
XXIII
A blackbird fighting a dragon
In a desert
In a different space and time
Than where the blackbird sits
Sounds like a mix between FFX and Kingdom Hearts
This was a really good idea. I think they go along well with the original poem, but your's were more interesting to read.
haha Jeff, I see it in there too. Nice catch.
Forgot to add this in the previous comment, but I still don't understand even a little the blackbird poem.
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