Micropoetry Month: Nov 2017: #9

Kim M Russell, who blogs at ‘Writing in North Norfolk’, wrote a powerful poem a couple of days ago about the horror of domestic abuse. A chilling, wonderfully written poem, wrapped in a fairy tale, that you can read here.

I ask you to add your voice to hers. Find words and lines and verses against all kinds of domestic abuse, words that together will become a roar. Use any form, any structure, just write your poems. Share using the comments section or Mister Linky.

I chose to write Septolets. (A septolet has seven lines containing a total of fourteen words in two parts. Both parts deal with the same thought and create a cohesive picture.)

(1)

Red tally marks
scratched
behind
the kitchen cupboard,

every time
her husband
hit her.

(2)

Dawn prayer-
bruises covered
with her saree,

hiding
her shame
from the
sleeping gods.

(3)
Justitia,
blindfolded,
bearing balance
and sword,

slash your darkness,
tip the scales
it’s time.