Flame

by CRAFTY KEN   Nov 21, 2015


Flame

You can call me sparky and that's no malarkey, I love to dance and put on a show, you gather around me, my, how your faces glow.

Not crazy about lighting your cig, be careful or I'll eat your wig!

I love to lick those franks and burgers on your grill where you control me at your will but be careful I can become a monster with an uncontrolled appetite,
my rage won't be your delight. I don't mind being under your pot where I can put on my puppet show, little blue and yellow colors, I can be a mellow fellow
you know.

Campfires are neat, you know how I can change a marshmallow into a gooey treat!

If fireplaces are your delight, throw me some logs and watch the fight, I quickly devour them, enjoy the sight as they crackle and snap during the night, later they glow as to sleep I go.

Author Ken 11/21/2015

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  • 8 years ago

    by J Nair

    Dear Ken,

    I thoroughly enjoyed this poem.
    Its was as though i was given an opportunity to make believe that i am the fire. This little poem got inside my head and bloated it up, for a moment there i was relishing the power of being the flame.
    I was that flame in each of the places you described coming alive.
    I love to dance and put on a show.....
    Not crazy about lighting your cig, be careful or I'll eat your wig!{ this line i really liked)

    I love to lick those franks and burgers on your grill where you control me at your will but be careful I can become a monster with an uncontrolled appetite,
    Oooooo Powerful-

    Campfires are neat, you know how I can change a marshmallow into a gooey treat!
    [ such sweet imagery of soothing and cozy campfire]

    Loved it.
    Thank you so much.

    • 8 years ago

      by CRAFTY KEN

      Glad it entertained you Jay as well as the others, I will endeavor to publish more like Flame, transforming the things of Nature giving them a personality of their own with wit.
      Thank you all for your comments.
      Ken

  • 8 years ago

    by Meena Krish

    You have a way to humor your readers and at the same time send out a message/fact of life. I also got the impression that this is taken from a fire's point of view perhaps..? Certain sentences in there suggests it, as we read we might think its about the writer but in actual fact its about the fire and you gave it character as well as wits! Maybe I'm wrong in my interpretation but that is the impression I got...keep penning and take care.

    • 8 years ago

      by CRAFTY KEN

      Meena you nailed it! What you wrote was what I had in mind, to give the fire a personality. It relates to real life experiences. Glad you enjoyed it.
      Ken

  • 9 years ago

    by CRAFTY KEN

    Thanks Ben and Dag, your feedback inspires me much!

  • 9 years ago

    by Dagmar Wilson

    I love your pieces they inspire me and make me laugh.

  • 9 years ago

    by Ben Pickard

    Ah, Ken, this is a true Ken poem! Humour, wisdom and your own, very unique style. 'you can call me sparky and that's no malarkey'. - Had me laughing from the first line on!
    All the best and take care,
    Ben