Sunday, October 16, 2022

heels

This poem is one of the earliest (if not the earliest) picture prompts I tried when I started to go online. It is so old I forgot about the written date, probably in 2005. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ



photo by Yogendra Singh at Unsplash



heels


Okay, i don't mind the bad hair wig,
even the blood red lipstick
the tiny tiny black tube top
and the oh-so-short leather skirt.

you need someone to play a vamp
in some silly stage show

but the straw that broke my back
was these heels.
why must they be in red?
i quit!


2005?
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Rosemary at Poets and Storytellers United would like us to write about the colour 'red'. The picture above is not the original picture prompt for this poem. .




"How can you live the high life if you do not wear the high heels?"

โ€”Sonia Rykiel






ยฉ cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2022

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13 Comments:

Blogger colleen said...

I like them! I just had a camp out and we told scary stories around the fire. Mine were of a pair of red shoes that walked by themselves!

16 October, 2022 01:00  
Blogger Rosemary Nissen-Wade said...

Ha, that made me grin โ€“ although personally I would have kept the shoes and ditched the rest.

16 October, 2022 05:09  
Blogger dsnake1 said...

Colleen,

Thank you!
Woh, that's one scary pair of heels! :)


Rosemary,

๐Ÿ˜‚

16 October, 2022 11:07  
Blogger Priscilla King said...

Different women can get away with different components of that look. I *might* wear a short skirt, with leggings under it and a full-sized trench coat over it, but NEVER built-up heels in public. Strictly in the bedroom!

(Though I did once wear a hooker costume to a party, carry the hooker heels and put them on inside, and dance in them. Because, at 24, I could.)

17 October, 2022 05:15  
Blogger Helen said...

I wrote a poem years ago about Red Shoes that was published in a friend's chapbook. To this day it remains one of my favorite efforts .... I love your early edition poem.

17 October, 2022 07:12  
Blogger rallentanda said...

OK that was 17 years ago when you were young and difficult. I don't see why you should mind the shoes now unless you have to wear them yourself LOL

17 October, 2022 12:50  
Blogger dsnake1 said...

Priscilla,

Thank you!
At 24, we are young and reckless. :)


Helen,

Thank you.
We always remember our favourite efforts.
I remembered it was a photo prompt from a website, and the picture was a pair of red stiletto heels. They were going to publish the best entries on their site. I did the poem, but didn't submit it in the end.


Rallentanda,

Thank you!
Now i am old but still difficult. :)
i think I am okay with picture prompts. This is the first one I have done (as far as i can remember) and i wrote the poem from the view of a female. I like picture prompts and i have done a bunch during my time at a poetry forum. :)

17 October, 2022 15:11  
Blogger Su-sieee! Mac said...

I only shashay on red heels at a shoe store when I feel like having a laugh. I did have a pair of red flats that was fun to wear. :-)

18 October, 2022 02:41  
Anonymous Jim said...

Your writer just hurt himself when he quit. Have you bought a pair of sport shoes lately. They are horribly bright, would he no longer run or play golf.
Neat write.
..

18 October, 2022 12:12  
Blogger dsnake1 said...

Su-sieee,

๐Ÿ˜„
flats are comfy to wear. :)


Jim,

Thank you!
๐Ÿ˜
I think the narrator is right to quit. :)
I am thinking of getting a pair of sports shoes lately. mainly for walks and running. The colours of the shoes over here are more sober.

18 October, 2022 21:48  
Blogger robkistner said...

Quite a picture you paint here โ€” and the red shoes seemed in the spiritโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ™‚โœŒ๐Ÿผ

20 October, 2022 01:43  
Blogger purplepeninportland.com said...

Love the shoes, but sadly, those days have passed.

20 October, 2022 08:24  
Blogger dsnake1 said...

Rob,

Thank you!
It was meant to be fun. And I have just started blogging then..๐Ÿ˜„ โœŒ


Sara,

Thank you!
Ah, those big hair, wild colours and wild days are gone. ๐Ÿ˜„

20 October, 2022 16:33  

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