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25 responses to “Construction (continues)”

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   GraceoftheSun

   ❤️❤️❤️

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   merrildsmith

   Great rhythm! The sound of construction work drives me crazy.

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      K.Hartless

      Thank you very much. Yes, it’s day two here with fiber cables going in on our street. They informed us there’s about half a day more.

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         merrildsmith

         So sorry! Hopefully the fiber cables will make it worthwhile.

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   johnlmalone

   love the rhythm of this, the rhyme, so much happening –

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      K.Hartless

      Thank you. I wanted the alternating rhyme to create a cacophony. Tried my best to be anapestic, not sure how well that came across. This poem was unfortunately my day.

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         johnlmalone

         oh dear; as the song says, ‘things can only get better’; ahh the music of cacophony: you don’t often hear done well; you have made it happen 🙂

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         K.Hartless

         Thank you. Those workers made it happen, I just tried to capture a taste of it. 🙂

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   robtkistner

   Great take on the prompt K — well done…

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      K.Hartless

      Thanks, Rob. It’s all very real and tragic noise.

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   Dora

   Can definitely feel the din of the noise and the cracking of sanity in the persona’s terse, punctuated words. So wonderfully crafted.

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   rothpoetry

   What an interesting poem, and picture! Your did a great job!

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      K.Hartless

      Thank you, Dwight. Really appreciate it.

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   Ingrid

   I know the feeling here! Every time I go outside to enjoy some relaxing time in nature there’s some kind of mechanical racket to spoil the peace. Today it’s a lawnmower. Has no-one ever heard of a wild garden?

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      K.Hartless

      Ah, or those beloved mechanical mowers. Maybe we just need to venture further to find peace?

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   kim881

   You captured that construction cacophony so well in this poem! It’s reminded me why I live in a quiet village deep in the countryside. Great rhythm and use of onomatopoeia!

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      K.Hartless

      Thank you, Kim’. I experimented with the rhyme which may have affected it’s a anapestic cadence, but it was good fun to capture the madness here.

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   Mish

   Oh all those hard sounds of those c’s and k’s emulated a jackhammer. I hope there is peace for you soon. 🙂

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    msjadeli

    I love the image you chose to go with your poem. You capture the chaos of the worksite so well here.

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    Beverly Crawford

    A great bit of urban hopscotch!

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       K.Hartless

       Thank you, lovely description. 🙂

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    Helen Dehner

    You managed to bring all of the hassle and frustration with what is usually Spring/Summer construction projects come alive … truly alive, I can hear it in my head. LOL Nice write.

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       K.Hartless

       Thank you so much, Helen. Finally finished here, either that or decided it was too nice a day to not go play hooky. I appreciate your comments greatly.

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    Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

    I love how you grouped the lines into tercet… I almost imagine this to be written with nested rhymes (terza rima) as well… the sound of the jackhammer came through.

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       K.Hartless

       Thank you for hosting, Björn. It was a great challenge for me to write in this meter, and one I think I will repeat again.

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