Consequences (IP)

By Rhiannonw

Sat, 07 Feb 2015
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No school today!
The nurses trudge
through feet of snow but don’t begrudge
the effort to keep constancy of care.

No school today!
The mother moans,
the author Dad shuts doors and groans,
then thinks he’ll stop and their snow antics share.

No school today!
The farmers search their fields for lambs,
the nursing ewes and pregnant dams
to help them, and themselves cash losses spare.

No school today!
The mountain dwellers
struggle to reach the foolish fellers
from cities thinking crags a lark,
and of the lurking dangers unaware.

[IP: use an image of some kind (it could be a photograph, painting, or an object of any sort) in your narrative or poetry.   - use the image as a structuring device to show parallel or interwoven events.]

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Comments

Submitted by VeraClark on

Really imaginative take on the IP, Rhiannon. 

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Vera. As I said, I wasn't sure I'd got the idea of what was being suggested, but these points from a snow scene started in my head as I made my way to visit my father-in-law, and then he was fast asleep most of the visiting time, so I found paper and pen and that the idea was coming together! Rhiannon

 

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Submitted by jeand on

Hi Rhiannon

You did a very clever thing with this. I really enjoyed reading it.

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Jean, So glad you enjoyed it too. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

A Lovely picture and all of the mixed reactions to it.  Personally I'd love a bit of snow.

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Helen. Hope you are feeling better. I did have a look at your latest collaboration tale after starting part of it in your original format. I don't know if you follow the comments there? Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Hi there, Rhiannon.  A brilliant take on the I.P. and I can so identify with the circumstances regarding its writing.  I, too, found immersing myself in writing poetry a boon when I used to accompany my daughter to her dreaded radiotherapy appointments at the Royal Marsden. It really helps.  And if you can produce something like this on such occasions, the saying about an ill wind blowing nobody any good, springs to mind.

Much enjoyed.

Tina

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Tina. Always have a pen and paper at hand! I do remember once pushing a pushchair along and an important bit of something I was doing for the children buzzing in my head and having to buy a biro and I think make use of a free advert! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

You are always good at finding an angle on the IP and you have scored a hit on this one.

Luigi x

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Oh, thank you, Luigi, I hadn't been sure my angle was right, but I did enjoy it coming together! Rhiannon