Drones.
Little mechanical beasties
shall not be my demise!
Flashing metal, whirs and spins,
winds whoosh. Just concentrate!
Umbrella steady, point toes left.
Nose bleeding, dress in shreds
whirling blades too close again.
Children waiting. Parents chafing.
Magic wearing thin.
Umbrella soon to be
my rain-only accessory.
With apologies to Mary Poppins. Motivated by Dverse Poets Pub prompt: create a Persona Poem. Decided to take the “light” approach today — a little humor to hopefully make you smile.
lillian the home poet 
This is fantastic! It’s almost a steampunk take on an old favorite. I love the detail and the action.
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Steampunk…😊😜😊
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It reminded me of a book I read last year though I must say, your take trumped it easily. That book spent 60K words to do what you did in far, far less and your poem was mush more imaginative and character-driven 🙂
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I love the beautiful fun effect in your poem.
Umbrella soon to be
my rain-only accessory.
Made me smile.
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Smiling….always a good thing! 🙂
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Interesting directions this post went !
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It sure did. I read others and applied words like “amazing” “beautiful” etc. Mine is just a little ditty — something for a chuckle. We need all kinds, right? 🙂 Thanks for the read and exclamation point — always nice to get that kind of punctuation for a reaction. 🙂
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I hope they won’t disappear ~ Not sure I am liking the drones at the moment ~ Thanks for joining us ~
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Little buzzing flying machines — getting in the way of bonafide airplanes now — and surely Mary Poppins would object!
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Hi Lillian,
Would appreciate it if you can visit, read and comment on the poems of your fellow poets ~ Thanks and have a good week ~
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Hello again Grace:
Hope you will catch this reply.
I hope I have not offended you in anyway. I just went back to the links and by my count, have already replied to ten other personna poems. I just joined Dverse the week before the holidays and, for example, just learned what a Habun is….enjoyed reading and commenting on many habuns of other poets. Clearly, I’ve not gotten to your personna poem yet and for that I apologize. I wasn’t aware that I was expected to read every single post in Dverse….and I also thought that these prompts were open for a week. I enjoy reading others’ works — and truly enjoy the many friendships I’ve developed over my year of posting poetry and flash fiction. I just have so much time and can not get to every post in one day. And sometimes, I do not get to every single post to a prompt. Again, I do apologize if I’ve offended you in any way. I am out the door now but shall get to yours and other personna posts tomorrow morning.
I wish you the very best — and do hope to chat with you again.
Lillian
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In reply to your comment, I am not offended at all (as I hope you are not offended with mine) ~ You are not expected to read every poem in a day, that is too much ~ This is just a gentle reminder to make the rounds & if you have done so, then its fine and you can ignore my comment ~ I normally reiterate this guideline to newcomers as our community thrives on give and take relationship ~
Have a wonderful week Lillian ~
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It is lovely and light floating into the air with an umbrella. Great whooshing words!
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I’ll take whoosing over buzzing any day 🙂 Thanks for the read and fun reply!
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Light and airy -loved your take on this.
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So glad you liked it! IHATEPOETRY — now that’s an interesting handle for someone in this group.
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I enjoyed this light approach! Cleverly contrived.
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Sometimes fun to just be fun! 🙂 Glad you enjoyed…..so interesting to see all the different takes on one prompt. Enjoying this group immensely.
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Witty and elegant.. at fits coming directly reading about bumble bees my thought of drones where of other kinds… I think Mary Poppins would have a hard time today.
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So glad you liked it. Thought a little humor would send smiles across the waves 🙂
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SMiLes..
first A
drag
on fly
then A
roaches
WinGs
and now
drones
encroach
iN killing
life.. when
insects large
programmed
to kill.. or even
deliver mail..
balance
of Nature
less longer
moves.. no
longer meek
inherits earth.:)
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Like the first word of your reply the best! Many thanks for the read and as always, your reply.
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Thanks to you too my friend..with SMiLes again..:)
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Really fun and it did make me smile! Poor Ms. Poppins, she may be losing her touch with that umbrella. :~)
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Love your reply! Always happy to supply a smile 😊😎🤗
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Could it be? Is that what propelled her umbrella?
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oooooooh, never thought about that! 🙂
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Wonderfully done 😀
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So glad you liked it! Many thanks for the read and compliment!
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