Gorge
too much of a good thing
gorge, and your gorge may rise
not a canyon – a narrow valley,
nearly an anagram of George.
Gorgeous George inspired Muhammad Ali
who went on to beat George Chuvalo,
George Foreman
a blow to the face may cause swelling
engorgement
not such a good thing.
I thought I would revive this post as part of the dVerse challenge today which is to find beauty in ugliness. This poem, I think, reverses that process by moving from beauty to ugliness. Thanks to Mish at dVerse for the challenge.
Stopdraggingthepanda 
Nice poem although you totally missed the essence of the prompt.
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Thank you, we are all prompted in different ways, that’s the beauty of it.
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And the beauty of a prompt is following it. I cannot comment on your poem because you did not follow the prompt. But whatever. Having followed this site for several years and being a promoter in the past, I would have had you delete your little poem and try again.
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Nice autopsy of the word!
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Ha! That’s a great way of putting it. Thank you.
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Interesting to see the different meaning of word “gorge”
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Thank you!
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Perspective is the licence of the artist, is it not? You twisted this in your own particular way – very you!
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Thanks VJ, the fun lies in messing around!!
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I wonder if there might be those who saw the fissure and the gorge as something ugly… the concept of a mountain or a gorge is being beautiful is quite new, so maybe you did follow the prompt… it’s in the eye of the beholder after all…
Love the wordplay and the use of sounds.
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Thanks Bjorn, much appreciated, you are indeed a diplomat!
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Nice use of “gorge” in different contexts.
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Thanks Frank, much appreciated
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I do see the movement of beauty to ugliness as you describe above. Maybe you didn’t reveal the beauty within one particular ugly thing as the prompt suggested but I like the variations of “gorge” and how you wove them together.
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Thanks Mish, intriguing prompt btw!
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