March 7, 2009
Usually, when I write Roadie Poet, I try to keep his adventures as true-to-life as possible, given my experiences (or that of my sources). But every now and then, an idea like this one strikes and you’ve got to run with it.
This was written for this week’s Sunday Scribblings prompt, Listen up because this is important!
They needed someone to do it.
Four cars in the parking lot.
Eight headlights.
Glowing.
Breaking up the dark.
Make an announcement, they said.
Make people listen up.
It’s important.
Not to a guy who got here on a bus.
A bus he didn’t drive.
A bus he don’t care about.
Much.
Hambone volunteered me.
So did More.
Four sound guys.
The entire pyro team.
Lucky me.
They handed me the mic.
Let me stand off stage
In the shadows.
Gave me the sign.
And my throat
Closed
Up.
floreta
March 7, 2009 11:59 am
i like have you’ve used listen up because this is important in your poem. i would freeze up too if someone gave me a mic. no pressure.
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Cascia @ Healthy Moms
March 7, 2009 2:08 pm
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bunnygirl
March 7, 2009 3:49 pm
Great use of the prompt/theme, and I loved the end! Not what I was expecting, and with me, that’s a good thing.
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Fledgling Poet
March 7, 2009 10:30 pm
The ending definitely took me by surprise…I have the exact same response when I have to speak in public.
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Thomma Lyn
March 8, 2009 3:21 am
What a great take on the prompt! And I love Roadie Poet. I so related to the ending. I’m shy as the dickens in public, especially in front of a crowd.
Bob-kat
March 8, 2009 1:37 pm
I just love Roadie Poet )
Same thing happened to me once – he’s backstage for a reason! 🙂
Alice Audrey
March 8, 2009 5:32 pm
Awwwww, poor Roadie. Hope he got unstuck before the batteries went dead. 🙂 Not that he would care.
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Nick | Mom Most Traveled
March 8, 2009 7:38 pm
Nice, I also like how it ends. The words worked well with their arrangement.
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AdellBeek
March 8, 2009 9:20 pm
I liked the poem, and I wonder how many people go through the same experience?
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missalister
March 9, 2009 2:29 am
Closed up. Don’t you know it did! I enjoyed that surprise. Hot idea strike successful : )
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zorlone
March 10, 2009 2:21 am
he he he! this is a good one! i like the ending…
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Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit)
March 10, 2009 10:41 am
Great poem. I like it!
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julia
March 10, 2009 11:49 am
Roadie Poet!! No wonder I love this character so much – I would react in the exact same way.
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Bluebethley
March 10, 2009 4:11 pm
Succinctly put . . . and perfectly captures that shy guy in the shadows!
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