General Poetry posted January 19, 2025


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the site of public executions in medieval London

Tyburn

by Terry Reilly


The author has placed a warning on this post for violence.
 
mangling
strangling
jangling
dangling
 
Almost deceased - mangling, strangling, dread.
Coldly released - jangling, dangling, dead.



Tyburn Poetry writing prompt entry
Writing Prompt
A six line poem consisting of 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 9 syllables. The first four lines rhyme and are all descriptive words. The last two lines rhyme and incorporate the first, second, third, and fourth lines as the 5th through 8th syllables. Details.


The painting represents the original Tyburn *tree* in central London, used for public hangings which, gruesomely, were a very popular form of mass *entertainment*.
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