Double-Edged Sword [Poetry: Anytime, Anyplace…]

Poetry: Anytime, Anyplace, About Anything – Double-Edged Sword

By, Donna M. Monnig

Double-Edged Sword

 

Resulting in a sword,

       double-edged, the blade,

Favorable and unfavorable

       an analogy is made.

 

Normal English translated

       in expressions that speak,

A sword is life-saving,

       life-taking i.e. unique.

 

Image and idiom

       sharply collide together,

15th Century attested

       and tough as leather.

 

Resulting in a sword

       double-edged, the blade,

Favorable and unfavorable

       an analogy is made.

 

©Donna M. Monnig

 

NaPoWriMo’s prompt was to type a few words of a favorite saying into a search engine and use words and phrases from the results as part of your source material.

 

NaPoWriMo prompt: Day 27