Dorahak is the host for the d’Verse Poetics: Left in the Lurch. For this challenge I wrote my free verse poem, Stood Up (not that this has ever happened to me, of course;)
Stood Up
I waited in my new bought dress,
My unruly hair I’d combed each tress,
Around me everyone chatted and laughed,
But I stood there still.
A snooker game was being played,
I saw someone I knew,
He held the cue,
I felt naked and ashamed,
I left the bar,
Alone,
Unclaimed.
~
Lesley Scoble, May 2024
Time-lapse video (23 secs) of my sketch to illustrate the poem, Stood Up.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Thank you, Dorahak, and d’Verse Poetics: Left in the Lurch, for this stand up prompt. I would request a drink from the poets’ pub, but I’ve been stood up and already left the bar.
Lesley lives in the City of London Square Mile. An artist, actor and sculptor (her first ceramic sculpture won the V&A inspired by… Award). Scenic artist & book illustrator, playwright (her musical play, Rapscallion performed in inner city schools and theatre school); TV dancer; Animator and illustrator for TV production. Set up Pinecone Studios Ltd and IIMSI Ltd drama and filmmaking workshops in London – producing award-winning films made by children.
LesleyScoble.com 
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