Contributor Series 6: A Currency of Words
Words of Delirium
By Clarissa McFairy
my life is an overloaded handbag
at the moment
with several pantomimes going on
in different compartments
and some emotional stuff
that has been zipped up too long
Starting to seep out
like words from the mouth
of a delirious patient.
Clarissa McFairy’s poem A Poem Is a Dog appeared at vox poetica in June 2010.
Nice imagery in a short poem.
The opening line is a killer hook and this part:
and some emotional stuff
that has been zipped up too long
really finished off the imagery nicely.
Loved this piece.
Karen :0)
I felt the pressure. I’ll never look at my purse the same. Good write.
Thank you Karen, “a killer hook”, hey, well, I feel better already. So pleased you enjoyed it. And thank you, Bobbie, much appreciated!
Thanks so much, Jeanette. Glad you felt it. I can’t imagine that your handbag would ever be in a jumble! You always look so beautifully coiffed.
Wonderfully evocative.