He’s been talking
so long
he can’t remember
where he started
or where he’s going –
two hours
and 8,435 words
to clothe him –
though in a month
when the winds
have carried him off
he’ll regret
the lack
of overcoat
Anne Brooke ’s fiction has been shortlisted for the Harry Bowling Novel Award, the Royal Literary Fund Awards and the Asham Award for Women Writers. She has also twice been the winner of the DSJT Charitable Trust Open Poetry Competition. Her latest book is Painting from Life, a short story about art, erotic obsession and the sea, and her latest novel is Maloney’s Law. Her work is represented by agent, John Jarrold, and she has a secret passion for birdwatching. More information can be found at www.annebrooke.com and she keeps a terrifyingly honest journal at http://annebrooke.blogspot.com.
9 Responses to “BLUTHERBUNG • by Anne Brooke”
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August 1st, 2009 at 5:26 am
Hmmm . . . feels like a writer’s block to me — but maybe I’m projecting?!
August 1st, 2009 at 6:01 am
This made me smile – it struck me not as a writer’s block piece, but as something just for fun.
August 1st, 2009 at 9:23 am
84325 words in two hours? Sounds like the opposite of writers’ block. I guess that’s what’s done to people who talk too much — blow them away. But maybe it’s only data input and he lost his place. I guess losing ones place in data input is another reason for being blown away.
August 1st, 2009 at 11:06 am
Roberta: 8,435, not 84,325. Still a lot of backtracking through that story to find where one forgot to give the MC an overcoat.
August 1st, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Sometimes words DO fly away–or pose as clothing for a blatherer, perhaps even an overcoat when the north wind doth blow…
Nice poem, Anne. I really liked the voice and flow.
–dj
August 1st, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Thank you! I’d hate to think my nonsense piece brought on an attack of writers’ block, though – so apologies for that for sure!
Axxx
August 2nd, 2009 at 2:43 am
Anne, I think I’ve been talking so long I can’t remember where I started – so I’ll just say – nice – and then shut up
August 2nd, 2009 at 6:13 am
Sharon – Thanks for the correction, Sharon. You’ve set me straight, alright! He problably has no overcoat because he probably lives in windy, hot Florida. But I might be wrong.
Oonah – Do both of us have a data entry problem? Search your eleventh word.
August 2nd, 2009 at 8:42 am
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