Tanya Harrington Poet Rictameter

Chatter

chatter
continuous
banter which numbs the brain
chafing background noise that belies
patience and composure squandered away
meaningless, dreary remarks told
about nothing central
drifting weary
chatter


Tanya Harrington  ©  05-30-2012
Sound Of Emotion Contest

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Carol Sunshine Brown June 5, 2012 at 11:00 AM A belated congratulations on your placement in Nette's contest Tanya. Love, Carol

Robert A. Dufresne June 4, 2012 at 5:46 AM an intricate and effective way to say Silence is Golden, Tanya. Love the way you incorporated it all to send the message... and oh what a message! oh so true and Love it. Congratulations to you . Tanya Harrington June 4, 2012 at 12:57 PM Thank You Robert and THANKS to everyone for their kind remarks!!

Poet Destroyer A June 3, 2012 at 6:37 PM TANYA , Congratulations with your fun "SOUND OF EMOTION" entry in Nette's xool contest. take care ~always :-) PD

Sara Kendrick June 3, 2012 at 2:44 PM Great work of sound..Enjoyed reading this afternoon..Congrats on your win..Sara

Kash Poet June 3, 2012 at 1:36 PM Hi Tanya,I loved it on the first read.Congrats!!

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders June 3, 2012 at 12:26 PM Congrats on your win, Tanya! I love the expression of emotion with the sounds! Love and Blessings, Rhonda

Gwendolen Song June 3, 2012 at 12:23 PM (Isn't Kash a great editor?)...Tanya, u captured so much background noise with your ricta-m on chatter. I was all caught up in its powerful vocab and MOTION. Enjoyed your work this afternoon. Gwendolen

Nette Onclaud June 3, 2012 at 9:37 AM you did ring the noisy bell, tanya.. happy congrats on your win in my contest :) huggs Tanya Harrington June 4, 2012 at 12:56 PM Thank You Nette! I liked your theme!

David Williams June 3, 2012 at 5:20 AM Tanya congrats on your win..love it..David

Kash Poet May 31, 2012 at 12:29 PM Good one.Check 4th line syll.count:) Tanya Harrington June 1, 2012 at 9:53 AM Thanks, I missed that. Got it now...