20 Questions: A Confessional Poetry Challenge

[andygorn]

Question 1: "Whats the closest thing to you that's red?"

In terms of both 'proximity' and 'fondness', my five red babies curled around; safe and sound.


Question #2: "Given the chance to go back again, would you still kiss the first person you kissed?"

Tender trembling lips, being watched intently, lightning through veins


QUESTION #3: "Have you ever prayed?"

Oneness, worshipping, obeisance occasionally answered. Is this perhaps more than I deserve?
'You're still alive' she said. 'Do I deserve to be? And is that the question? And if so, who answers? Who answers?'

Question #4: When was the first* time you saw your mother** cry?

Passing of an old lady whom I never knew; memories now to be lost in the mists of time


Question #5: Where was your face before you washed it this morning?

Huddled close, uncomfortable yet all safe, no cars to wake the slumbering ones.


Question #6 Explain the circumstances surrounding the last time you genuinely laughed at yourself.

Too many to mention, even simple mistakes can bring unexpected joys; look for them in all things.


Question #7: "Do you believe in ghosts?"

Children passed over often visit me still; rapturous feelings of closeness, silently waiting (but not eager) to be together again.


Question #8: What makes you look twice at another person?

That smile, a toss of the hair, an accent stoppered with soft sibillants.


Question #9: "Who* was hanging on your wall as a child**?"

Pop stars, some faded icons, some c-listers remain.


Question #10 I wanna know: "Have you ever seen the rain comin' down on a summer day?"

Summer rain dripping down your face again; summer rain praying someone feels the same...


Question #11: "How was it the first time you were naked in front of others outside your immediate family?"

Nervously hiding it all, none should see.


Question #12: "Have you ever won a prize based purely on chance?"

Pot luck, scratch-cards, lucky dips. 'It's all there for the taking boys and girls IF you try your luck just one...more...time'.


Question #13: "Is a dozen usually enough?"

Most things in life are a case of 'six-and-two-three's', yet a dozen is rarely the correct number.


Question #14: "If you could rename yourself, what possible names would you choose?"

Pornnamepornnamepornname, surely?


Question #15: "What color is your crayon?"

Cyan, Royal, Midnight blue; that's my hue.


Question #16: "What happened to 16?"

Yet another of life's mysteries yet to be unravelled; does even G*d know?


Question #17: "Why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near? Why do stars fall out of the sky, every time you walk by? Why do fools fall in love?"

Love is the greatest thing: the oldest -yet the latest- thing.


Question #18 "Tell me, why did you lie?"

I think I did it because it was raining on me and I was 17 at the time.


Question #19: If you could have dinner with any 1-3 people (living or not) who would you invite?

Stanislav Lem; a sci-fi legend, yet rarely mentioned.
James Barclay: similarly overlooked, though I know not why.
Either Muddy Waters or Jimi Hendrix, so that I could learn guitar from the masters.


Question #20:What is your worst fear? Phobia? Nighmare?What would be in your Room 101?

Dying with no chance to move on, accompanying those I love, or perhaps living and leaving them behind.
My Room 101 would be nothing so large (yet so small) as hate.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Originally Posted by annaswirls View Post
Questions so far:
Premature Question: What about baby poop?
Question 1: Whats the closest thing to you that's red?

my dick head
Question #2: Given the chance to go back again, would you still kiss the first person you kissed?
yes
QUESTION #3: Have you ever prayed?
yes this moning
Question #4: When was the first* time you saw your mother** cry?
donno
Question #5: Where was your face before you washed it this morning?
on my pillow
Question #6 Explain the circumstances surrounding the last time you genuinely laughed at yourself.
with my close friend
Question #7: Do you believe in ghosts*?
no
Question #8: What makes you look twice at another person?
he eyes
Question #9: Who* was hanging on your wall as a child**?
gods & goddesses
Question #10 I wanna know: "Have you ever seen the rain comin' down on a summer day?"
yes
Question #11: How was it the first time you were naked in front of others outside your immediate family?
kinda embarrasing
Question #12: Have you ever won a prize based purely on chance?
no
Question #13: Is a dozen usually enough?
yup
Question #14: If you could rename yourself, what possible names would you choose?
david
Question #15: What color is your crayon?
blue
Question #17: Why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near?
donno
Why do stars fall out of the sky, every time you walk by?
Why do fools fall in love?
Question #18 Tell me, why did you lie?
i didn't honest
Question #16: What happened to 16?
went to 17
Question #19: If you could have dinner with any 1-3 people (living or not) who would you invite?
mahatma gandhi, george bush senior, golda mier

Now go back and write a poem on each subject which is what the challenge is

 

[vrosej10]

Question #8: What makes you look twice at another person?

a monkey puzzle!
something hidden deep
that can never be revealed

 

[UnderYourSpell]

isn't that a very prickly tree?

 

[vrosej10]

isn't that a very prickly tree?

yes, but I was trying to signify an unsolvable puzzle. Obviously I didn't hit it. Well there's always next time.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

yes, but I was trying to signify an unsolvable puzzle. Obviously I didn't hit it. Well there's always next time.

sorry I must learn not to be facetious not everyone has your sense of humour

 

[vrosej10]

sorry I must learn not to be facetious not everyone has your sense of humour

I do enjoy a little facetiousness. I've GOT TO learn to be less cryptic. It's an issue for me. My mind works in strange ways and not everyone can follow me down the rabbit hole.

 

[vrosej10]

Question #9: Who* was hanging on your wall as a child**?

top gun
tom cruised
into my dreams*

Tom cruise seriously doesn't do it for me now.

 

[vrosej10]

Question #10 I wanna know: "Have you ever seen the rain comin' down on a summer day?"

leaden horizon
through the humid sunshine
a light shower

 

[vrosej10]

Question #11: How was it the first time you were naked in front of others outside your immediate family?

hippy school lunchtime
we all swum naked to beat the heat
nobody cared at all

 

[vrosej10]

Question #12: Have you ever won a prize based purely on chance?

mother's day raffle
She gets a lovely breakfast
but throws up anyway

 

[vrosej10]

Question #13: Is a dozen usually enough?

conditions on the box --
do not use more than six
will flame out

 

[vrosej10]

Question #14: If you could rename yourself, what possible names would you choose?

already done that -- twice
was michelle antionette
now violette pansy

 

[UnderYourSpell]

from french to flowery

 

[vrosej10]

from french to flowery

True, true. I absolutely hated my old name. It sounded like the kind of hooker you have to save up for!
How many other things that you hate about yourself are there that you can change with the stroke of a pen?

 

[vrosej10]

Question #15: What color is your crayon?

ultraviolet --
bold and thick
well used

 

[UnderYourSpell]

True, true. I absolutely hated my old name. It sounded like the kind of hooker you have to save up for!
How many other things that you hate about yourself are there that you can change with the stroke of a pen?

When I was a kid I hated my second name 'Rosemary' and wanted it changed to Frances for some reason! Although I am really Ann I much prefer Annie

 

[EroticOrogeny]

When I was a kid I hated my second name 'Rosemary' and wanted it changed to Frances for some reason! Although I am really Ann I much prefer Annie

My wife's name was Roswitha (and still is to her family and others in Austria), but she hda it legally changed to Tony (yse, like a guy - she was concerned about phone listings ...)

 

[UnderYourSpell]

My wife's name was Roswitha (and still is to her family and others in Austria), but she hda it legally changed to Tony (yse, like a guy - she was concerned about phone listings ...)

What a lovely name

 

[EroticOrogeny]

The story from my wife is that the nurse picked Roswitha - her mother wanted a boy and didn't have a name picked out. WHen my wife's younger sister Sonja was born their mother then was glad to have a girl since she could get hand-me-down clothing.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

The story from my wife is that the nurse picked Roswitha - her mother wanted a boy and didn't have a name picked out. WHen my wife's younger sister Sonja was born their mother then was glad to have a girl since she could get hand-me-down clothing.

I was supposed to be William but was a third girl and no doubt a great disappointment my mother was a great knitter and I still have photos of me wearing cardigans with big yellow ducks etc round them ...... I hated them lol

 

[EroticOrogeny]

My wife and I had decided on both a boy's namd and a girl's name.

 

[vrosej10]

My wife and I had decided on both a boy's namd and a girl's name.

My father named me. I hated him. The name never suited me and in Australia, Michelle, was the second most common name for girls the year I was born. In high school I was in one class with five Michelles and a Rochelle. I am covered in pansy and violet tattoos (just got a couple of roses).

My husband and I had heaps of trouble with girl's names but agreed instantly about a boy's names. If he had been a girl, he'd have been called Violette.

 

[EroticOrogeny]

My father named me. I hated him. The name never suited me and in Australia, Michelle, was the second most common name for girls the year I was born. In high school I was in one class with five Michelles and a Rochelle. I am covered in pansy and violet tattoos (just got a couple of roses).

My husband and I had heaps of trouble with girl's names but agreed instantly about a boy's names. If he had been a girl, he'd have been called Violette.

My parents chose Richard for me, which I generally go by. Rich in one setting, Richard everywhere else. Never was Rick. My MS advisor used Dick, which I don't care for. Never could get him to change. Other than that, he was fine.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

My parents chose Richard for me, which I generally go by. Rich in one setting, Richard everywhere else. Never was Rick. My MS advisor used Dick, which I don't care for. Never could get him to change. Other than that, he was fine.

Just be grateful your surname isn't Head