I knock
Upon the door
My clipboard is at hand
No reply I peer in the crease
Empty
~
Upon the door
My clipboard is at hand
No reply I peer in the crease
Empty
~
This house 
A behemoth
is architectural
And an eclectic elephant
It’s weird
~
A behemoth
is architectural
And an eclectic elephant
It’s weird
~
This house
Is one hundred
Triangles and some squares
Floating on flying buttresses
I speak:
~
Is one hundred
Triangles and some squares
Floating on flying buttresses
I speak:
~
Hello,
Anyone home?
Behind me the door shuts
So I venture in and seek life
Hello?
~
Anyone home?
Behind me the door shuts
So I venture in and seek life
Hello?
~
Atop
Winding staircase
A breeze wafting the drape
Beckons me upward so I climb
The steps
~
Winding staircase
A breeze wafting the drape
Beckons me upward so I climb
The steps
~
My foot
On the landing
Finds that the top floor is
A catwalk, pulleys and levers
To where
~
On the landing
Finds that the top floor is
A catwalk, pulleys and levers
To where
~
Winches
Drive metal gears
That will open and close
Elaborate curtains and panes
Of glass
~
Drive metal gears
That will open and close
Elaborate curtains and panes
Of glass
~
That lead
Out to the roof.
Perplexed I tiptoe next
To a dormer and climb out to
The pitch
~
Out to the roof.
Perplexed I tiptoe next
To a dormer and climb out to
The pitch
~
Onto
The sloping roof
The gable roof and then
A parapet and a grotesque
Gargoyle
~
The sloping roof
The gable roof and then
A parapet and a grotesque
Gargoyle
~
Smiling
Down as I gasp
An audible ‘oh my’
And scrabble back into safety,
I thought…
Down as I gasp
An audible ‘oh my’
And scrabble back into safety,
I thought…
24 comments:
I seriously think your doodles are art and way above the average doodle.
You had me going so into the story and then....I thought I want more. What happened. I want more. I hope that we get more of this story.
Great post and thank you for sharing the story.
God bless.
PS...and why are so many posting their TT's on Wednesday. I think I might start posting mine on Friday. Just kidding. But am I the only one to notice this trend of posting on Wednesdays? Or am I looking at the calendar wrong?
Oh, I love your last "doodle" which oddly brings to mind the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe!
I am also quite intrigued by your Cinquain!
Happy TT!
love the doodles as always. personally like the first one the most....ok, you took us to the top of the house and left us there. i am with mrsu...i want more! it was flowing so beautifully too...happy tt!!
Well, all, in truth i thought it was getting a little long...so i thought i'd end it at the rooftop...as that is the theme of the day. As for posting early, i put mine up late wednesday as i work thursday am...some people live in different timezones, so their thursdays are our wednesdays!
This post was a lot of fun, and I, too, wanted more at the end!
As far as the Wednesday posting goes, I've noticed it, too. I suppose it's harmless, except for those Blogger-bloggers who are so durned popular -- you know who you are -- that I show up on Thursday and they've already got three dozen comments. I don't have time to read them all! Stinks to be me, eh?
Blogger has a great feature that lets one pre-schedule a post for any time, so I usually schedule mine for 12:01 a.m. Thursday. (Last week's "swing" was an exception.)
And I recognize the time zone variable which says that it's already Thursday in parts of the world, while I'm still in Wednesday, but if I tried to allow for all of that, I'd go stark raving mad. Or moreso, anyway.
wow I really liked it!And the last drawing of the house is just amazing.Have you ever think about making your own comics or else?Or perhaps you've done it already.You are really talented and got a style on your own.Unique.Great post.Have a nice day :)
Wow, very cool! Love it, and the pic is quite fun, too!
Heh, heh! All those monster thingies in the top drawing, look like they're about to devour the house...run away!
Terrific poem and pictures, really. I love it!
I agree with Mrsupole. You are an artist for sure.
WONDERFUL poetry. I have enjoyed yours before and each time I think, "I should try that!" But I am lazy and I forget and I just don't know when I'll get the time.
As for Mrsupole asking about Wed posting...I did it last night. I work Mon-Fri and rarely have time to post other than in the evening or at lunch (right now). I also had my TT figured out. Ah well.
I love your delightful doodles! Move over Edward Gorey! This was really fun. Gotta watch out for those gargoyles!!
marvelous doodling with words and lines!!
love, love, love that house at the bottom, but still looking for the gargoyle!
Oh Tom you never cease to surprise! Sorry, I'm one of those Thursday on Wednesday peeps but I post late so it all evens out in the wash.
Early posters don't bother me...like i said...this week i was a bit early...but it takes forever to go through all the Theme Thursdays...so maybe an extra day is a good thing!
I love your doodles!!!
Happy TT
xoxo
Your doodles complimented your excellent "cinquain." It's always fun to stop by Tom's house.
Hi Tom:
Re: Your comment "where's the roof?"
It was in the last have of the post in really big letters:
I read the search engine hits and learn that Alfred E. Neuman is MAD magazine's "What -- Me Worry?" kid. He's a young man with a thatched "roof" of red hair, large ears and a gap-toothed, goofy-grin.
eclectic elephant eh?
marvellous phrase
delightful doodlings
oh and thanks for help with the shameless made4aid promotion
:-)
Hi! Tom,
After following the link and discovering a new word..."Cinquains" and what it mean...Yes, your poem has taken on a whole new meaning or look see!...
...hmmm that is very interesting!
"Cinquains, though they have never become very popular, have always attracted a number of poets who are still developing the form."
Tom, I hope that you continue to help develop this form.
By the way, very interesting drawing too!
Thanks, for sharing!
DeeDee ;-D
Ho.it was YOU who designed My House!
I Love The way your words & drawing intertwine perfectly.
Have A Great Big Weekend.
Regards
Tony.
whoa you are good--really goood--thanks c
Oh, I loved this! And yes, I want more too ...
I thought ... What?? Enquring minds need to know.
An electic elephant of triangles and some squares. A breeze wafting the drape. The audible "oh my". What a great way to end. You had my senses going with this piece.
5 cans of corn out of 5.
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