In a battle between host and hostage,
exponents of humours diverse,
each thought the other a hostage,
that the host had the upper hand
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A well constructed poem of antitheses and contradictions. It keeps my attention for sure.
that last line is brilliant - unexpected and full of the right effect! Loved this.
Excellent! Enjoyed the humor, satire and skilled writing. Thank you for sharing.
I'm curious why you rhymed 'hostage' with 'hostage, ' and wondered if it was an editing error. The poem is excellent, however, and I enjoyed trying to decipher it.
you could have shortened this: B: Xxxxxxxi: 'Cruel And Curious Dwarfs' TO: this: B: Lxxi: 'Cruel And Curious Dwarfs just thought it would save ink! bri :)
Telling it like it is in a remarkable way...Love this.....
Sounds like foreign policy or diplomacy. A very intelligent style of writing.
A situation that needs to be unravelled and examined to find out the truth. M. Walker.
Sounds like it a 'nobody wins situation' of sorts...except for the Author, that is, whose depiction of such mercurial topic is the one & only winner in the end, based on masterful quilling...~FjR~
The body fluids which were once thought to govern health and mood. The so-called ‘Cardinal Humours’, Blood, phlegm, choler, and melancholy were associated, respectively, with the colours red, green, yellow, black is the above what you refer to by humours. i don't think you are referring to comedy/laughter. and what's 115: 'Beatrice', i wonder. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i don't know what the title refers to. but it is a catchy title; it caught me! in a way i might get it, but not completely i confess. i like the rhyming, and the flow. and do YOU know which is the real hostage and which 'the host'? ? you seem to rhyme hand in the first stanza with other -and words in the second. that's grand. bri :)
If from a long line of hostage the hospitality cordial and sincere the guest perverse or perverted, what prevents such a smear.
A brilliant poem! Appreciated and admired the piece....10++