Madness

In literature, characters who go south run amok

In literature, authors send their characters south to run amok.

The South means mischief, mayhem, madness. 

In Toulouse, they say the wind is mad.

She howls, morning and evening, 

whistling through the fine cracks of this old city,

wailing like some devastated mother seeking her lost babe. 

Sometimes I think that, if there is a Grand Author, 

she must have written me into Toulouse 

because I needed to go mad. 

So here I am, listening to le vent qui rend fou, 

and wandering the old, new streets,

a lost child in search of her mother. 

Author's Note

There really IS a literary precedent for character who go south to go crazy or cause general mayhem.

Translation of the French: the wind that makes one crazy (it's a common expression here in Toulouse)

Reviews

[Nic C Williams]

i really like this i was looking for a short poem and i think i just found one :D

[Rick Puetter]

Dear Emily Rose,

You have done well with the years spent away. You were a talented author before, but there is a new maturity that I can see so clearly in this write.

You now see the world through older (not so old yet) eyes and see deeper into life. This is wonderful.

"In Toulouse, they say the wind is mad.
She howls, morning and evening,
whistling through the fine cracks of this old city,
wailing like some devastated mother seeking her lost babe."

Ah, there is nothing like life's experience to make the words of a talented writer sparkle all the more. I can feel life experience settling in your being and I can feel the wisdom that they reap coming through the pores of your writing. It is a beautiful thing to see unfold.

Greatly enjoyed. A wonderful piece. Highest marks.

Rick

[DontBlink158]

This is a peom that is telling you something not discribing, i found it refreshing.

[Charles D. Moorer]

Abroad are we?