The Disposition of a Crone

Elf Witch originally made for by Danny Hennesy ca 2006 for Danny Hennesy´s great fantasy game

I have a penchant for stately, graceful words,

for the artful turn of phrase,

and I love the sheer beauty of imagery well used.

A phrase can wash over me,

words can stick

and salve,

and when I am done

I can wrap myself

and cozy up against a stanza or two of beauty.

But there is another part

of my poetic brain,

largely untapped,

for it rarely sits still long enough

for me to access it. A more anxious,

more brittle part.

I want to unwrap it

before the wrapping wedges too tightly,

hear the crinkle of it as it is removed,

and breathe-----

and take off the clothes that bind me-----

and yell f**k to the wind-----

and howl at the moon----

for I am a crone

and sometimes,

crones just aren’t nice.

copyright/all rights reserved Audrey Howitt 2012

Reviews

[Mary]

As a fellow crone, I say hoooo-ray! It's true, crones aren't necessarily nice, but they are sure real. Wonderful poem added to my favorites.

[J. J. Nightingale]

And sometimes they are ..lol.. Love it !!

You rock !! .. Jazz

[Shimmerbliss/CAF]

I LOVE This! An absolutely wonderfully unexpected joy! Howl on! Sometimes, it just feel so good!