From his cosy corner,
Unknown to any,
Prying, waiting for an opportune catch,
Conjuring a menacing guffaw,
At each tremble,
At each conquest,
Immobilising instantly,
Time less to realise,
Time less to retaliate,
Those overpowered,
Recounting tales of apprehension,
Recounting tales of losing comprehension,
Shades of courage fails,
When shades of confusion flourishes,
Spirit of strength,
Making an unheard appeal,
Not to lose heart,
Not to succumb.
Heard but unseen,
Known but unacknowledged,
Casting its net,
In minds of many,
Alike,
In bright light,
As much as in,
In silhouette of darkness,
Lurks phantom of fear.
96 words.
Acknowledgements :- Thank you Reena Saxena for running the Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 148. From the four words given, namely, silhouette, phantom, shade, spirit, any one of them or all can be used to weave a piece. Additionally a poem, She was a phantom of delight, by William Wordsworth can also be used as an inspiration. For rules please refer here. Thank you all for stopping by and reading.
Phantoms of fear! Nice take Aishwarya ๐
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Thank you very much, HS. ๐
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Recounting tales of apprehension,
Recounting tales of losing comprehension,
This is how we are going to remember Covid season perhaps…
And you round it up beautifully with ‘phantom of fear’.
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That’s what occurred to me when I wrote the poem, but my main focus was addressing fear. Thank you very much, Ma’am. ๐
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Alike ….. by Aishwarya
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Beautifully done. Poignant.
I left you the email ๐ผ
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Thanks a lot, Jude. ๐
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Beautifully composed poetry on phantoms of fear, Aishwarya. Too good.
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Thank you very much, Kamal. ๐
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Welcome Aishwarya.
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Beautifully written, Aishwarya โฅ๏ธ
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Thank you Shweta. ๐
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Great use of the prompts, fear can cripple ..
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Thank you very much. ๐
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most welcome ๐
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Good take on the challenge!
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Thank you very much. Thank you very much for stopping by. ๐
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