Your poem is quite possibly the strangest and most compelling one in the whole donsy of poems sparked by the prompt. It’s a doomsday myth, a wasp-led resistance and a secret guild saving the gnome-world from mass submersion. Then there’s the visuals: whether by design or serendipity, that text-shape plump gnome profile, with the wasp on his hat, made the whole thing land like a cryptic prophecy delivered in a dream. Or an experimental theatre performance in a damp bunker. More likely the latter!
The poem works by accumulation: a rolling incantation with repetition of sound and syntax that builds dread and hope in equal measure. The use of caps and irregular casing shouldn’t work, but it does. It throws off expectation, gives the lines urgency, a kind of shouted whisper. The ending delivers: “UNBEKNOWN WE GIFTED ONE MORE YEAR” is the kind of line that shouldn’t be moving, and yet is.
I read the poem several times. Sometimes it was part protest chant, sometimes part apocalyptic hymn, and sometimes subversive bedtime story told by a gnome who knows too much. Most would interpret whimsical as playful (alongside impulsive and unpredictable) but you’ve leaned more toward capricious, in the sense of behaving according to indiscernible rules. I appreciate the way this manifests in the poem. This is one of the boldest entries and all the better for it.
Dennis
wlknlr.wolkenleer
Dennis, your comment to my contribution to your W3 prompt moves me deeply. I’m honored that you took the time to really immerse yourself into my poem. It surprised me, because as I wrote this piece it took unexpected turns and left me speachless and driven at the same time.
Your kind words are much appreciated! And I’m really happy you could connect with it!
So thanks again for this unique, wonderful promt and your kind words!
Svenja
Violet Lentz
What a wild ride! I love a little mischief with my gnomes!
wlknlr.wolkenleer
You are welcome!
ben Alexander
Svenja, this was such a wild and wonderful ride—“ENTiCED, MiSLED, NO CHOiCE GiVEN TO DiSAGREE” hits especially hard. I love how you built an entire mythos around the donsy’s doom and secret salvation. Great twist!
~David
wlknlr.wolkenleer
Thank you, David! This piece surprised me. 🐝🐝🐝
ben Alexander
*HUG*
murisopsis
Nice one!
wlknlr.wolkenleer
Thank you! 🐝
Stonehead
I’ll read and comment in detail tomorrow, but on my screen the formatting of the text with the wasp image above looks like a little fat gnome with a wasp on his hat!
wlknlr.wolkenleer
🐝🐝🐝 Looking forward to it! Enjoy your evening!
Bob Lynn
What a wonderfully imaginative tale! The imagery of gnomes gathering annually at the sea, only to be rescued by your shadowy guild and buzzing allies, creates such a vivid fantasy world. The cyclical nature and mysterious protectors add real depth. Brilliant worldbuilding in verse!
wlknlr.wolkenleer
Thank you so much! I had lots of fun 🐝 and your comment means a lot!
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looking forward to it!
hi, Svenja 😍
Just wanna let you know that the new W3, hosted by our beloved D. Avery, is now live:
Enjoy❣️
Much love,
David
Svenja,
Your poem is quite possibly the strangest and most compelling one in the whole donsy of poems sparked by the prompt. It’s a doomsday myth, a wasp-led resistance and a secret guild saving the gnome-world from mass submersion. Then there’s the visuals: whether by design or serendipity, that text-shape plump gnome profile, with the wasp on his hat, made the whole thing land like a cryptic prophecy delivered in a dream. Or an experimental theatre performance in a damp bunker. More likely the latter!
The poem works by accumulation: a rolling incantation with repetition of sound and syntax that builds dread and hope in equal measure. The use of caps and irregular casing shouldn’t work, but it does. It throws off expectation, gives the lines urgency, a kind of shouted whisper. The ending delivers: “UNBEKNOWN WE GIFTED ONE MORE YEAR” is the kind of line that shouldn’t be moving, and yet is.
I read the poem several times. Sometimes it was part protest chant, sometimes part apocalyptic hymn, and sometimes subversive bedtime story told by a gnome who knows too much. Most would interpret whimsical as playful (alongside impulsive and unpredictable) but you’ve leaned more toward capricious, in the sense of behaving according to indiscernible rules. I appreciate the way this manifests in the poem. This is one of the boldest entries and all the better for it.
Dennis
Dennis, your comment to my contribution to your W3 prompt moves me deeply. I’m honored that you took the time to really immerse yourself into my poem. It surprised me, because as I wrote this piece it took unexpected turns and left me speachless and driven at the same time.
Your kind words are much appreciated! And I’m really happy you could connect with it!
So thanks again for this unique, wonderful promt and your kind words!
Svenja
What a wild ride! I love a little mischief with my gnomes!
You are welcome!
Svenja, this was such a wild and wonderful ride—“ENTiCED, MiSLED, NO CHOiCE GiVEN TO DiSAGREE” hits especially hard. I love how you built an entire mythos around the donsy’s doom and secret salvation. Great twist!
~David
Thank you, David! This piece surprised me. 🐝🐝🐝
*HUG*
Nice one!
Thank you! 🐝
I’ll read and comment in detail tomorrow, but on my screen the formatting of the text with the wasp image above looks like a little fat gnome with a wasp on his hat!
🐝🐝🐝 Looking forward to it! Enjoy your evening!
What a wonderfully imaginative tale! The imagery of gnomes gathering annually at the sea, only to be rescued by your shadowy guild and buzzing allies, creates such a vivid fantasy world. The cyclical nature and mysterious protectors add real depth. Brilliant worldbuilding in verse!
Thank you so much! I had lots of fun 🐝 and your comment means a lot!