Blue, Green, Red and Purple: Poem For Radio
No sound effects I’m afraid, but you will still find that Betty Collins’s poem for radio is very atmospheric.
PLOP
2 3 4 5
PLIP
6 7 8 9
(that’s a tap dripping)
and PL0P 9 10 (very eerie)
PLIP 11 12 13 14 -
Plip , Plop -- W H O O O S H ……….. (rush of water)
and s s s s s s s s h (declining)
Plip Plop Plip Plop Plip Plop
‘TURN THE BLOODY TAP OFF ’
Footsteps….. 1 2 3 4 5 6 …
S k w e e e e e e k
And
S k w e e e e e e e e e e e e e e k
T H E R E ! !
Silence 9 10 11 12
PLOP 13 14 PLIP!
(Cascade of footsteps ………….N 0 o o o o o o o o (declining)
A SCREAM OF RAGE 15 16 SOUND OF CHOKING 17 clatter of knife falling
(Silence)
Sound of blood dripping : plip plip plip plip plip plip plip plip plip
Footsteps retreating.
DOOR SLAMS
Finis
