Getting Over My Ex

'In A Nutshell Contest' for 'Alfred's Poetry Cafe' --- A poem in Cento form

By strech of limb or stir of lid,

No love toward others in that bosom sits
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
Soft may the worms about her creep!
In the room the women come and go
The city has tits in rows

Author's Note

*** Lines originally from:

Line 1: Emily Dickinson, A Long Long Sleep
Line 2: William Shakespeare, Sonnet IX
Line 3: Robert Frost, Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
Line 4: Edgar Allen Poe, The Sleeper
Line 5: TS Eliot, The Love Song Of J Alfred Prufrock
Line 6: William Carlos Williams, Grotesque

Reviews

[blakjassy]

I read the guidelines for the contest this was written for... what a challenge! I had never heard of CENTO before and couldn't imagine where to start.

You have done an excellent job with this poem. It is a very clever take on the challenge and the title gave the whole thing a rather amusing air! I love the almost misogynistic undertones... especially given the contrast to some of your other beautiful and more tender pieces

[Arianna]

how difficult.
but beautifly done.
i really enjoyed it :)

[emmajoy]

What a wonderfully intriguing use of poets, each a master, but mastered by you into a great cento. Bravo!

[Danger Kitty]

This is totally cool! I never thought of using lines from poets to make your own poem. You are so clever!

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Perfectly construsted and air brushed!

[Jeremy Baker]

Amazing wit and power ... if I didn't know better, I might suspect some distaste or even mild antipathy towards your former partner (assuming partner ever implied 'equal'). Amazing to take lines from published works and rearrange them to make a complete new and original work. Talent is an understatement ... you are gifted as a writer. I always look forward to reading your writing, and this piece didn't disappoint! Fantastic - well done!

[Helen Crutchett]

This is fantastic! Had to smile at a couple of lines LOL. I enjoyed the read!
Thank you for submitting this superb write for the Cento contest! Well done!!

[LadyCardiac]

Very creative and well thought out