Writers' Pantry #79 Some dark fun with forgotten and found words (thanks Dylan Thomas), capped by a senryu. Submitted to Poets and Storytellers United, July 18, 2021
There was much disenchantment in Dark Meadows about the new neighbors. He was naught but a snollygoster, engaged in contumelious brabble with his dust-tongued, scythe-eyed cohorts She was a muffle-toed, dark-vowelled, hare-heeled she-bird. They were a match made in the dank chamber of misfits, deep in the bowels of Shameworthy Castle. The castle itself stood deep in the woods where fog shrouded forest paths and small creatures burrowed deep for safety while gonnagetchas snuffle and growl and evil settles over all like blackstrap molasses. The sign at the head of their rutted lane read WELCOME TO SHAMEWORTHY CASTLE
A meeting has been called for the HOA of Dark Meadows this evening.
forest mystery
dare we answer the welcome
evil may be within
oh, have to make a few trips to the dictionary. :)
ReplyDeletecertainly dark fun with words. I wonder how the HOA meeting will turn out but why is the town called Dark Meadows in the first place?
What a conjuring, like the opening to a whole book. And snollygoster really is a word!
ReplyDeleteThey're all really words, except for gonnagetchas, which is my own! Aren't they fun?
Deleteoh bev, this is wonderful, really liked these lines:
ReplyDelete" She was a muffle-toed, dark-vowelled, hare-heeled she-bird. They were a match made in the dank chamber of misfits"
very well done, enjoyed very much
Gonnagetchas got me good, Bev. Good, Bev.
ReplyDeleteHow fun! I adore the vision of "gonnagetchas" snuffling! I love the "hare-heeled she-bird." I can picture just the harpy you mean!
ReplyDeleteDelightfully spooky, and intriguing.
ReplyDeleteOK OK, both Geisel and Rowling are officially jealous!
ReplyDeleteAll those delectable, gob-smacking words. I love love them tripping off my tongue
ReplyDeleteGood golly, girl. This is incredible!!! I love the creative language you’ve used here:
ReplyDelete“He was naught but a snollygoster, engaged in contumelious brabble with his dust-tongued, scythe-eyed cohorts She was a muffle-toed, dark-vowelled, hare-heeled she-bird.” I especially like “dark-vowelled” as an adjective.
(Aside). Re pronunciation of senryu, go back and read my comment on the matter at the current Writers' Pantry. You seem to have got it pretty right in the first place.
ReplyDeleteThrough your words I envisioned the dark lane leading up to a castle with a single light on because they avoid light.
ReplyDeleteThe jumble of adjectives made this a fun light read for a dark vision.