Certainly a mother has to have, within her armoury, a cache of hard and sharp words to protect her flock. Sometimes alas the mother turns on a member of the flock and that is a time to watch out.
A darkly fun juxtaposition of fingernails and fingernail moons with words getting sharpened.
June 30th, 2014 at 1:50 pm
Arresting! :)
July 1st, 2014 at 2:58 am
powerful!
July 1st, 2014 at 11:12 am
a good one :)
July 1st, 2014 at 2:34 pm
Thank you snaky, Irena and Marie for taking the time to comment on my poem. I'm glad you all got something from it.
July 1st, 2014 at 2:54 pm
Great juxtaposition! The final line came as a wonderful surprise.
July 1st, 2014 at 3:57 pm
Ah ha – the matriarch has spoken! Good one John :)
mariono
July 2nd, 2014 at 1:35 am
fingernail moon
my mother sharpens
her words
—JOHN MCMANUS
Certainly a mother has to have, within her armoury, a cache of hard and sharp words to protect her flock. Sometimes alas the mother turns on a member of the flock and that is a time to watch out.
A darkly fun juxtaposition of fingernails and fingernail moons with words getting sharpened.
Alan