Posted 14.09.12 in Writing

‘A Murder Is Announced’ by Ruby Mason

Farewell, my lovely –
Pearls are a nuisance of human bondage.
Beloved, never let me go walking
on broken glass; to the lighthouse.
Love –
In the time of Cholera, kiss
Kiss the beautiful,
and the damned kiss the dust.
Take a girl like you, farewell
(My lovely, we are still married)
to the lighthouse, the sea
Women in love – a mind to murder
a handful of dust.

 

Ruby’s poem was chosen by Jon Stone as one of his favourite individual responses to the August Challenges. It is a response to Challenge 1 ‘Bookshelf Poem’.

Comments (2)

2 Responses to “‘A Murder Is Announced’ by Ruby Mason”

1. Amber Davies says:

   November 20, 2012 at 6:58 pm

   Wow that poem was amazing, Wow

   Reply
2. Ruby says:

   February 4, 2013 at 6:19 pm

   Haha thankyou, it was really fun to write!

   Reply