Wednesday 10 June 2009

Versified Reviews

Those two verses are review of sorts for Curse of the Pogo Stick by Colin Cotterill.

Read my review of the book
here.




thousand-year-old spirit

thrives in his aged body
dangerous keepsake for some
FOR THE RESTLESS CORONER
that dangerous keepsake
rejuvenates his aging body
spirit found abode in 1000 years

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Seventy three-year-old doctor of Laos, restlessly slept through long boring speeches. Dangerous turn, kidnapped on the way back by seven young Hmong females. Twin sons of the Chief's daughter become his keepsake for sometime to come.

16 comments:

  1. I loved the short story of the kidnapping. You did great to tell a whole story with so few words.
    I wanted to know more - why kidnapped by females? Why keepsakes of twin sons? were they his?

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  2. Interesting... I'm scratching my head. Kidnapped by so many women? To him, is this a tragedy or blessing?

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  3. I loved the story! Your imagination is wild.

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  4. Oh, how wonderful/lucky to be kidnapped by seven females - the stuff of dreams!

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  5. the kidnapping was interesting - real flash fiction...

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  6. Nice short piece with a long history - well written

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  7. Kidnapped by two women. Wow.....Nice read

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  8. I loved the sandwich--filled my mind with ideas and images!

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  9. LOL @Whitesnake.

    I might have to check out Pogo Stick. I wonder now what happened to the coroner.

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  10. Well if you're going to be kidnapped, this is the way to go. lol

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  11. interesting, though not quite sure what you mean, I suppose I would have to read the book?

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  12. I have to chuckle @Whitesnake

    And as a famous Vulcan would say, "Fascinating" to the rest.

    Great stuff...

    And thank you for visiting!

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  13. Haunting poem :) Nice take on the prompt.

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  14. I enjoyed both. The non-Western tone of the second one made it tres interesting.

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