“DON’T BLAME THE SINNER”
“Don’t blame the sinner,”
I whisper to the Queen
Regal in her robe of white,
Her skin a pearly sheen.
“Don’t blame the sinner
If he gives himself to me
After he surrenders,”
I whisper quietly.
“Don’t blame the sinner,
Or fill your heart with hate,
Forgive him if he fails,
He didn’t write his fate.”
She turns her pale face
To watch a handsome horse
With a prancing gait
And cunning wayward course.
“Forgive his evil deed,”
I whisper one more time,
Not glancing at the steed
I dream of every night.
His protective wife
Is both pawn in my game
And distraction in my quest
To destroy his Royal Name.
My next sudden move
Fills her eyes with fright
As she cries to me,
“You’ll capture my White Knight?”
“Don’t blame your sister
For being a Black Queen –
I do not want your Knight,
I’m capturing your King!”
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© 02/16/2014 by Aisha Abdelhamid
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Submitted to the Speakeasy Grid, week #149 at yeahwrite.me – This week the prompt is the sentence, “Don’t blame the sinner,” to be used as the first line in the post, and some reference to be made to the painting at the top of this page, titled, “The Chess Queens,” by Muriel Streeter. Like to learn more? Click this logo to join us:
Thought provoking .. I loved it
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Thank you mariyaah, this is what I came up with to answer the challenge prompts – maybe you will try it too? It’s fun!
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You are most welcome.
I didn’t knew that such poetic challenges existed. I’ll surely give them a try.
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Please do! Just click the red badge or go to http://yeahwrite.me/speakeasy/
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Thank you … I will In.Sha.Allah
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loving it aisha……beautifully written! 🙂
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Thank you Ayesha (I love your name!), I’m very happy to meet you!
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Nice one, Aisha! I took the poetic route too with this prompt 🙂 Hope you like my entry!
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Thank you! I love yours too! I’m not much of a storyteller, but I love to try encapsulating an idea or a moment in a poem… it seems so elegant when it’s reduced to as few word images as possible. ;^)
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HEY, you’re prety darn good at this scribing called poesie! Nice job…lov the chess pawns and how you create a story of them!
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Thanks Sweetie! I’ve actually never tried my hand at this kind of thing before, but I really like it! I think you should join us, too, Tonia, your writing and imagination are excellent and I think you’d probably like this too! http://yeahwrite.me/speakeasy/
;^)
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i will seriously consider it, my friend. 🙂
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Aisha your poem is amazing.
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Ranu you are sooo sweet! thank you for your encouragement!
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I almost skipped this week! Love your take on the prompts!
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Thanks Monique! I’m glad you didn’t skip, your poem is great, and I would have missed your funny photo, it brightens my day! ;^)
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Very nice! This is my first time at the speak easy but I’m loving the variety.
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Thanks very much, and welcome! This is my 4th week at the speakeasy, and I really enjoy it!
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Excellent!
“Forgive him if he fails,
He didn’t write his fate.”-ooh! And that last para is just genius!Great job Aisha!
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Thank you very much Sweetheart! When I first read the prompt, this was my next thought: he didn’t write his fate!
(It’s so much more merciful for us to leave the blame and judgement in God’s hands!)
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I agree-I would never like to know what’s in my future!
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Hahaha not knowing our future is definitely a mercy!
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So true!
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This is a terrific poem. I love the repetition and the subtle rhyming, and the ‘checkmate’ at the end 🙂
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lol, thanks Janna! Your encouragement always keeps me smiling!
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It made me think! Excellent!
http://nabanita-blacknwhite.blogspot.in/2014/02/sister-act.html
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I love it! You’ve made life feel like a game of chess!
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lol sometimes it certainly does! Thanks!
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Aisha, I like your repetition of the opening line in the first three stanzas. It set a nice pace and tone for this poem.
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Thanks very much, Karen, your poem is awesome!
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Very well done!! Love your response to the prompt! 🙂
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Thanks very much! ;^)
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Love this poem So Very Much! Great job! (Y)
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Thanks very much sweetheart! ;^)
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You’re welcome and you can count on my vote 😉
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Brilliant, with an excellent ending. Really well done. Missed out this week myself. 😦
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Yes I missed you! Thanks for reading, tho! xoxoxo ;^)
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You’re welcome. I was just busy with something and couldn’t manage it.
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This is fabulous! I could picture the black queen whispering in her sister’s ear. What a great take on the prompts! 🙂
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LOL that’s exactly what I saw, too, when I first looked at the painting and tied it with the prompt… what a great combination this week! Thanks very much for your encouragement! ;^)
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Magical!
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Thank you so much!
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Aisha congratulations,I am very happy for you.
Ranu
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Thank you so much Sweetheart! It’s such a nice surprise! ;^)
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Thank you so much Aisha.
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