General Poetry posted September 19, 2023


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Finding Your Muse Club ~ Switch the POV

Jack

by K.L. Rockquemore

 
 
 
Temptation
has gotten the better of me
if I’m caught
his wrath I’ll feel
curiosity killed the cat,
step
by
step
on eggshells
I inch.
 
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
 
Isolation
and fevered fingertips
echo insanity
across five hundred
crisp white pages
methodically stacked,
bulging eyes 
seize
I
freeze.

 Trepidation
ices my spine
eyes well
lips quiver
mouth runs dry,
like a tempest
my heartbeat thunders
against my ribs
from terror
I shudder.
 
Sensation
of adrenaline
courses through 
my veins
a silent scream swallowed
ominous thoughts surge
walls compress
throat constricts 
breathless
hysteric

I panic
Jack’s manic... 
DANNY!
 
 
 



Recognized


Finding Your Muse Club event this week was to select a favorite book,
extract a scene and write it from a different point of view = POV.

Stephen King is one of my favorite horror novelists and The Shining,
is a classic which became my muse.

My intention was to capture the extreme fear that Wendy felt when
she discovered Jack had gone insane and that she and Danny were
trapped with him until spring.



Club entry for the "SWITCH UP A STORY POV" event in "FINDING YOUR MUSE".  Locate a writing club.
Pays one point and 2 member cents.


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