Singer's Lament

Tovli's Challenge

Singer’s Lament

 

Lamentations!

Voice breaking,

vocally scraped by an earthquake

of hormonal sorrow, shaking, 

fat, spotty youth

throat unpolished, treble gone,

(it’s the truth).

An alphabet of bad diction,

with pitch flown,

landed in the back row.

Now, a third rate baritone.

 

John L. Berry 17 November 2008

Author's Note

10 given words used as part of 40 to make a poem.

Reviews

[angelina neves]

:) delicious! Wonderful!

[Fabian G. Franklin]

ha ha this was funny. as a musician, i can relate to diminished talent. but my poetry just gets better. lol

[J.K. (Not Rowling)]

From a fourth rate alto, this was fun... excellent job sticking to the criteria of the contest.