Drawing Hands, 1948 by M. C. Escher
He had money, he had fame,
As a writer of repute,
He was a household name.
Awards adorned his shelves,
Invites to events lifted his prestige,
People sought his autographs,
All crazy for his writings.
Amidst all the attention,
He had a dark secret, untold to world.
A secret so deep, that could ruin it all,
His writings were but, not his,
A ghost writer had done it all.
Oops!
ReplyDeleteAh...Oops! indeed :p Thanks Tess!
Deleteha. and when that comes out or the ghostwriter gets tired of not getting the fame...it will all come crumbling down....
ReplyDeleteExactly!!! thanks Brian :-)
DeleteI wonder how often that happens...
ReplyDeleteHi Laurie, thanks for reading. I think it happens enough times to have a wiki page of its own. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostwriter
Deletehow sad to live a lie for fame..x
ReplyDeletesome do it, cant really blame them cos some are ready to ghost write too. its a living for them.
DeleteI had neither money nor fame
ReplyDeleteIt is sad but true in many instances..
ReplyDeleteexistentialism
yeah...! thanks gautami.
DeleteShocking!!:)
ReplyDeletewell need not be, many do it. check the wiki link in the comment i posted above.
DeleteYou have used the image so well that it seems the image was drawn after you have written your poem. very nice.
ReplyDeletethats a very touching comment, I'd love to frame it. thanks kalpana :-)
DeleteWell done! I can certainly relate.
ReplyDeletethank you Jerry!
DeleteTruly original idea.
ReplyDeletethanks for reading @Trellissimo
DeleteThat's Creepy :O
ReplyDeleteah not really, it happens...some people ghost write for others and are paid for it too, but credit is given to someone else :-)
Deletehahahha.. spooky but brilliant...
ReplyDeleteOh! that's just a pen-name. Isn' it.Hahaha.. Wonder who you are talking about here.
ReplyDeletehi Bushra, I gave a wiki link of the same in an above comment of mine. do check, it has more details on it.
Deletehe he nice one Nandini
ReplyDeleteNicely written.. The last line was brilliant :)
ReplyDeletethanks Jyotsna!!
DeleteHi nandini. A great post, but but but you chose a very wrong title.....it's a spoiler....so i already knew wat was coming in the climax.....the end wud be shocking only if u change the title
ReplyDeletethanks for reading Ritesh....
Deletewow good write up
ReplyDeletethank you Aparna :-)
DeleteA brilliant idea, Nandini! I love the poem. It fits well with the picture.
ReplyDeletethanks a lot @Sharon!!
Deleteapplauds !!! beautiful !! a story in rhyming in few lines .. says so much ...
ReplyDeletethe talented individual inside us is nothing but a ghost :D
wonderful !!
:-)) hehe you can interpret it that way too ;)
DeleteThat's really bad. But, this is also true.
ReplyDeletethanks Janu :-)
Delete...the truth almost always comes out!
ReplyDeleteYes Margaret!!
DeleteStrangely spooky.............Loved the drawing hands by Escher
ReplyDeletethank you bellybytes. yeah the sketch is interesting one.
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