People's Axe
a 5-7-5 poem4 total reviews
Comment from Susan Morritt
This is really pretty funny. The picture of the guillotine, the sombre tone, and then the final line... Brilliant. You have quite the imagination.
Susan
reply by the author on 16-Sep-2019
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This is really pretty funny. The picture of the guillotine, the sombre tone, and then the final line... Brilliant. You have quite the imagination.
Susan
Comment Written 16-Sep-2019
reply by the author on 16-Sep-2019
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Ciao Susan !
I really appreciate the enthusiastic review and the 6 star -vote.
You are the only one that mentioned my catch line at the end ( smile )
I only received one kind vote in the contest so your post definitely cheered me up !
Thank you so much.
I hope you have a bright week.
Ciao!
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You are very welcome. Not too many people on FS seem to have much of a sense of humour, let alone a dark one like myself. Glad to have had the privilege of reading your work!
Susan
Comment from rhonnie69
CIAO POET: There is a bunch of ways that a guy can lose his head. The people's axe way...what a gory story. Or a guy can be crazy about his girlfriend. That'll drive him out of his head. That guy will be like a praying mantis...and let his girlfriend eat his head off. I'd prefer to be like him. SO...whenever my girlfriend gets ready....just come to me. She'll get ahead. God bless you, poet. Ciao. Cordially: rhonnie69.
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CIAO POET: There is a bunch of ways that a guy can lose his head. The people's axe way...what a gory story. Or a guy can be crazy about his girlfriend. That'll drive him out of his head. That guy will be like a praying mantis...and let his girlfriend eat his head off. I'd prefer to be like him. SO...whenever my girlfriend gets ready....just come to me. She'll get ahead. God bless you, poet. Ciao. Cordially: rhonnie69.
Comment Written 13-Sep-2019
Comment from Iza Deleanu
The guillotine a dark reminder of times where you were persecuted for your religion or your political beliefs. Your poem describes very well that feeling :"Crowds laugh their heads off." Thank you for sharing and good luck withe the contest.
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2019
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The guillotine a dark reminder of times where you were persecuted for your religion or your political beliefs. Your poem describes very well that feeling :"Crowds laugh their heads off." Thank you for sharing and good luck withe the contest.
Comment Written 12-Sep-2019
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2019
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I was trying to point out how the victim literally lost his/her head while the public was " laughing their heads off " which means a different thing.
They were ugly times ..when people are treated just like animals when they rebel the epilogue can only be bloody.
I added a video just to show how gruesome the execution and the behaviour of the people were.
Comment from moongirlwriter
This image and brash words. . .so sad that anyone would be laughing. This prompt is most likely perfect for this poem. . .I know I sure wouldn't want to read any more. :)
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2019
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This image and brash words. . .so sad that anyone would be laughing. This prompt is most likely perfect for this poem. . .I know I sure wouldn't want to read any more. :)
Comment Written 11-Sep-2019
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2019
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For the poor it was entertainment...to see the rich pay was a delight and a daily event during the French revolution.
The ground was at times of soaked in blood that there was fear of diseases spreading.
Oringinally, the giullotine was designed to give criminals a more humane end but the device became the symbol of the revolution ..the Revolution of Terror under Robespierre.