Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Magpie 63 - The Magic Gone

Photo courtesy of  Magpie Tales

The Magic Gone

She lay for hours entranced
Captive of the couch
And chicken pox
Holding the cardboard tube
To the light from the window.

Twisting this way and that
The magic continued unrepeated
Patterns like rose windows in cathedrals
Flowers, and colored snowflakes
Magical hexagonal entries to other worlds.

Then he came
The whirling dervish of her brother
My turn the monster yelled
Grabbing it from her hands
It flew across the room
Was smashed under his feet
Spilling its magic across the floor.

Just crumpled cardboard
Mirrors and shards of glass
Her magic window
Trashed
Because he could not see.

Jacqui Binford-Bell 
April 2011

Note: A kaleidoscope is a circle of mirrors containing loose, colored objects such as beads or pebblesand bits of glass. As the viewer looks into one end, light entering the other end creates a colorful pattern, due to the reflection off the mirrors. Coined in 1817 by Scottish inventor Sir David Brewster, the word "kaleidoscope" is derived from the Ancient Greek καλ(ός) (beauty, beautiful), είδο(ς) (form, shape) and -σκόπιο (tool for examination)—hence "observer of beautiful forms." 

15 comments:

  1. I like this, poetry and flash rolled into one.

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  2. I didn't have a whirling dervish brother, but I did have a sister that qualifies. Chicken pox is no fun, she needed her sparkly toy.

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  3. Great tale-telling and versifing.

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  4. Beautiful poem, Jacqui.
    The fragile kaleidoscope of our lives can be so easily broken by people who "do not see"...

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  5. I didn't have any siblings who could snatch things from me but plenty of friends who did.

    Life is fragile just as the kaleidoscope and can so easily be shattered. Good take on the Mag.

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  6. her magic window trashed because he could not see...

    I appreciate how you've expressed the selfishness we sometime witness or even exhibit in life. Nicely expressed!

    Rick

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  7. Chicken pox alone is bad enough but to have a sibling break a kaleidscope is even worse. Nicely told.

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  8. I never had a brother, but a sister that fits the character quite nicely!

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  9. I have both brother and sister.

    homely piece.

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  10. I have both brother and sister.

    homely piece.

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  11. I have both brother and sister.

    homely piece.



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  12. I have both brother and sister.

    homely piece.



    Join poetry potluck,
    Expose your talent to wider audience today,
    Share, have fun!
    Happy May!
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