I’ll Leave the Light On
This is a world for the knowing,
and everybody knows
that if we would try just a little bit harder
that we wouldn’t feel so trapped.
yet still we cry baby, cry.
You think he’s gonna carry you home to China?
It’s not like that, darlin’.
It’s more likely that you’re walkin’ blind.
You will be two marionettes
on the Twickenham Ferry.
Where can I go? you ask, trapped,
a woman left lonely in winter.
What you gonna do––let your wedding dress
carry you home to the cold mountains?
Run, baby, run.
Let the black ladder be your museum of flight.
At heart you were always a circus girl, anyway––
that woman on the tier far above desolation row.
When were you happy?
I know you keep me in your heart,
the one who loves you the most.
I am in your mind, In the wind.
The memory of me is better than love.
This is a call–a broken man’s lament.
I hope it will carry you home.
Walk away, Renée. Walk away.
You’ll accompany me.
We can take the long way home.
Today’s prompt was to incorporate 5 song titles into a poem. As usual, I elected to be excessive. How many can song titles can you find in this poem? $10 prize or a free copy of my book to the winner. Woweeeee! You won’t be rich, but just think of the honor.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Where are you, Ann Garcia? I’m missing your comments this round. Judy/Remi, do you know?
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I know. I miss her comments, too. She is writing a book and so hoarding her time. Anxious to see what she is writing. How many song titles did you see, Patti?
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Good idea to put the explanation at the end. I started spotting song titles and wondered if that had been the challenge. I’ve still yet to work to a prompt, though, so well done for making such a good job of all yours. Nearly a third of the way through already! 🙂
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Good, then. The strategy worked. I wanted people to take the poem on its own merits and to gradually become aware of what was happening. I love these prompts and start writing the poems before I get out of bed. This one took about an hour to write and three hours to research if I had inadvertently put in song titles I didn’t know about. Serves me right. So far no one has ventured a guess. J
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I think at least five, will have to go over again to spy more:)
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When you lodge your official guess, I’ll tell you.
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Five it is then:)
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You are way way low, Zippy. (I have an excessive personality.) In a few days, I’ll post the poem with the song titles in boldface so you can see. The original songs are from my itunes play list–then I added others to fill out the poem. Fun exercise. Did you enjoy it?
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Twelve songs? Thirteen? It sounds like there are more, but If It’s a country-western title, I’m clueless.
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I count 19 without using Google. 31 total. (Of course, I know what’s on your playlist.)
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