‘Blowing hot and cold’ (IP)

By Rhiannonw

Tue, 07 Jul 2015
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Impassioned
fads and fancies spark
vigorously shoot up and sprout,
whims and crazes flare,
exuberantly surge and sizzle;
enthusiasms flit and shift,
wilt, wane, wither,
droop, cool, fizzle
out:
no root,
shrivelled fruit –
last week’s
trend and buzz
old-fashioned.

IP: Cooling down

 

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Comments

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Clever structure, full of cracking energy then gradually cools down.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Helen. Glad it came over like that! Zeals without roots are fickle. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by jeand on

Hi Rhiannon

I like the structure of this, and the choice of words. And how very true it is.

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Jean. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Deliberately Ev... on

Brilliant - so clever the way the structure fades away with the fad. 

The beat of your heart is the mellifluent rhythm to my soul.

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, I don't often try for a visual effect like that, but realised this would spread out helpfully! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Many a true word is spoken in a poem...illustrated, admirably, here, Rhiannonsmiley

Tina

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Tina. Glad you liked it. Rhiannon