2025 Yahtzee Roll #4: Fill #5

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Title: This is a boy cleaning a pot
Fandom: Original
Rating: Gen
No. of lines: 8
Poetic form: samsong (short, variation on)
Prompt:
Summary: a samsong about a boy drawing

This is a boy cleaning a pot
This is a boy cleaning a pot, crouched in a squat
This is a boy cleaning a pot, crouched in a squat, who doesn’t want to be caught
This is a boy cleaning a pot, crouched in a squat, who doesn’t want to caught doing what he should not
This is a boy cleaning a pot, crouched in a squat, who doesn’t want to be caught sketching with a cinder clot
This is a boy not cleaning a pot, but still crouched in a squat, illustrating a plot
This is a boy not cleaning a pot, admiring what hand and eye and ash have wrought
This is a boy, caught, and, still in a squat, once more, cleaning a pot

Comments

[smallhobbit]

That's very clever and funny. I enjoyed the rhythm.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you! I was a bit stumped by the picture but then I thought about the samsong form.

[garonne]

That was excellent. I really liked it. So much life and character in just a few lines.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you!!