Monday, June 13, 2016

Monday WRites 62

[Ghosts Of The Graveyard Mist
image from google dot com]

GRAVEYARD RUN
There was a young man so love struck
The villagers swore he was moonstruck
Yet in the dead of night
He was seen to take flight
Through the graveyard like a lame duck
GRAVEYARD RUN © gillena cox 2016




You've heard about the Monday Blues ❧✿❧ well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance or practice eg the rite of afternoon tea) ❧✿❧ When i read last Saturday's prompt over at the imaginary garden my mind went to
Dead Man's Chest (also known as Fifteen Men On The Dead Man's Chest or Derelict) a fictional sea song, originally from Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island (1883). It was expanded in a poem, titled Derelict by Young E. Allison, published in the Louisville Courier-Journal in 1891. It has since been used in many later works of art in various forms.

In Treasure Island Stevenson only wrote the chorus, leaving the remainder of the song unwritten, and to the reader's imagination:

“ "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest--
...Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
Drink and the devil had done for the rest--
...Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!"

Welcome to Monday WRites #62, ❧✿❧ Whats your mood like today ❧✿❧ I invite you to link in with one of your WRites






GRAB MY BUTTON

verses

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So here i am in mode of Monday WRites and linking back to Magaly's prompt
Eerie Nursery Rhymes
Imaginary Garden With Real Toads

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Dont leave before listening to Trinidadian Lord Kitchener(1922-2000) - Love In The Cemetary

15 comments:

  1. I wonder if it was villagers with pitchforks he was running from.

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  2. No ghosts

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    much love...

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  3. I love the dark and delicious humor in your lines Gillena :D
    Beautifully penned. Have a wonderful week ahead :D

    Lots of love,
    Sanaa

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  4. You've made me giggle! I can picture the poor guy walking funny, and half terrifying everyone who saw him. ;-D

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    1. Happy you dropped by to read mine Magaly

      Much love...

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  5. He could take the fright of love but not the ghosts in the graveyard. Very creepy!

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  6. Thanks for dropping in Rommy

    Much love

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