Today, 5/2/19, I’m linking this poem to dVerse for OLN.
The Sunday Writing Prompt from Mindlovemisery Menagerie is to write poem, story, or create a work of art to the poem in the video. I wrote this one today and it’s a good fit for the prompt. I will also include a collage I did that will fit.
This is a Kyrielle form poem.
Helleborus
“All helleborus plants are toxic, and all parts of the helleborus plant are toxic.”
Green serpent’s eyes, wicked and wise
Paired with a smile to paralyze.
An unbreakable spell, you knew.
My eyes have been poisoned by you.
Sonorous voice used to beguile
Aural memes are planted with wile
Attuned to your tone bright or blue
My ears have been poisoned by you
You showed me your heart and your scars
Pieces that made you who you are
Amalgam that’s fused, unique hue
My love has been poisoned by you.
Libido’s sinewy potion
Welds bonds, our bodies in motion
Senses reel, ecstasy’s voodoo
My body’s been poisoned by you.
Charisma that conjured a world
In a gaslighted haze we swirled
Now gone, you remain, residue
My world has been poisoned by you.
Tao Talk 
It was absolutely fate! Brilliant work love the form and your choice your repetition. The whole concept is brilliant and the phrasings are gems of inspiration
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Thank you so much for your wonderful comments. Yes, I believe you’re right about fate.
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A brilliant poem
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Thank you Sadje. Very tough one to write.
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It is a great one. You tackle all the different types of poetry with ease.
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I really like it when serendipity plays into prompts from pieces that we have already written. Full of enchantment here. And wow, I did not know that about the plant! Since certain other garden plants don’t agree with me I shan’t add this flower to my yard! Glad that the animals know to stay away.
The scientific name Helleborus derives from the ancient greek word ἑλλέβορος (helléboros), the name for H. orientalis, constructed from ἑλεῖν (heleîn), meaning “to injure”, and βορά (borá), meaning “food”. (Wiki)
I wrote a fiction piece combining two prompts. :)
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What’s weird is that I started the poem the day before but it was too painful to continue, then worked on it again last night and was able to finish it. Put that down and started reading the feed and this prompt showed up. Part of what I read about the helleborus is that it can be used medicinally but you’d better know what you’re doing! It’s one of the first plants to bloom in my yard every year and it’s an old plant, at least 12 years old, as I brought it from my old house and I’ve been here close to 10 years now. I’ll go check yours out now :)
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Odd how some plants are good, and others… icky. Black Nightshade is related to Poison Ivy and both are related to tomatoes!
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Nicely done Li.
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Thank you. Not easy to write.
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Good poetry takes effort and time, but when done right it is worth the endeavor.
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Hey, that’s a good one. And, a collage too, I’m impressed. I’ve always liked Kyrielles and not an easy form to write, I would think. I like how you changed up the last lines.
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Thank you, Ted. The collage is a couple of years old, but it fit also. It all started when I walked around the yard and then remembered the helleborus under the evergreens.
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Magically done Jade Li. Your wonderful poetry put a spell on me.
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Thank you, Len. I’m glad you connected with it.
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Poison like that is always difficult to handle… sometimes it should be taken only in small doses… (the same goes for humans)
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Yes, Bjorn, thank you for your comment. What’s bad is even when gone, the poisonous/maddening residue remains.
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Vampire sensuality, poison served in several different guises, all superbly swaddled in the Kyrielle form; Add to it your collage–what wonderful work. I liked the line /Libido’s sinewy potion/. Vamp’s have a dangerous edge.
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Thank you for seeing it, Glenn.
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I loved this Lisa! So dark and wicked and you wrote it beautifully 🙂💕 Well done
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Thank you, Christine. It was a tough one to write.
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But you are a master at these different forms! 🙂💕
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You are kind.
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So are you my friend 🙂
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It sounds as though you’re working that poison out of your system. Go, girl!
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Yes, Jane, but not quick enough. Thanks.
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Keep at it. No need to use Roundup, you’ll get there :)
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<3
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Nice lines: “An unbreakable spell, you knew.
My eyes have been poisoned by you.”
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Thank you, Frank.
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I was not familiar with the form. Thanks for sharing it here in a superbly written poem.
The beauty of a plant that in reality is poisonous….the lover who can be as well.
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Thank you, Lillian. I saw someone post a pic of their helleborus last week, then saw the one in the yard in bloom, it meshed with some recent news about an ex — and then, after writing the poem, seeing that prompt at MLMM, it was like this poem was meant to be.
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A chilling poem, very mesmerizing and well written!
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Thank you very much.
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The refraining last line of being poisoned is heart breaking. Cheers on writing this in a form – not easy I know.
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Thank you Grace.
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Wonderfully written!
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Thank you so much.
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WOW. Jade!
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Thanks, Lynn.
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I didn’t know how toxic helleborus plants are, Jade. I like the effective use of repetition in this poem, the colours, and the phrase ‘Paired with a smile to paralyze’.
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Thanks for the feedback, Kim.
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A perfect rendering of toxic love…and it always leaves its residue, doesn’t it? (K)
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Yes it does :(
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Beautifully crafted and true to its form, but the content wonderful too.
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Thank you.
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most welcome
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It’s interesting to think that, even when cultivated, relationships, like some plants, can still be toxic.
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I wish it wasn’t so.
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“Libido’s sinewy potion” !
This is so well crafted> JIM
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Thank you, JIM.
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This porm is sinuous, luscious, sensual, and dangerous – I like it Jade. The collage is fascinating!
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Rob thank you very much for your wonderful feedback. It’s cathartic to get it out.
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