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
ReplyDelete:-)
DeleteIt 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...
ReplyDelete:-)
DeleteOh! 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
ReplyDeletethanks for reading :-)
DeleteNicely 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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