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  • Oct. 30th, 2008 at 5:06 AM
chair, sleeping

 



What do these iron gates remind you of? A haunted house? Trick-or-treating? Or maybe the colorful sunrise makes you think of something? Choose any topic that this puts into your head and  write a quick 15 Words or Less poem. Remember, it doesn't have to describe this photo (though it can if you want). The picture is just a jumping-off point. If you've never played before, check out the guidelines in the sidebar. Leave your poem in a comment and I'll include it in my post of poems tomorrow. Have fun! 

Please put your byline, however you would like it, after your poem. Thanks!
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[info]booksareadrug wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 11:28 am (UTC)
I stand against the fence,
my arms stretched out,
staring out to see,
waiting.
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2008 10:54 am (UTC)
Great image! Love waiting all by itself on the last line.
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[info]booksareadrug wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2008 12:13 pm (UTC)
thanks!
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[info]kim_hiraeth wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 11:46 am (UTC)
NOW IS FLEETING
Open your eyes!

Glory fades
with each sweep of lashes.

See now.

Kim from Hiraeth
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 11:52 am (UTC)
Re: NOW IS FLEETING
Oh--from iron gates to eyelashes--glorious!
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[info]kim_hiraeth wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 11:56 am (UTC)
Re: NOW IS FLEETING
Oh, I am glad you could 'see' where I was going with that! : D

Those iron gates are quite a metaphor, aren't they?
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[info]patschmatz wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 12:12 pm (UTC)
Day at a Time
Bars too close
Can't squeeze through.
Walk past
One more step
Suck air.
You're free.

--Pat Schmatz
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2008 10:57 am (UTC)
Re: Day at a Time
Love the segmented rhythm here. Goes so well with the bars.
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(Anonymous) wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 12:39 pm (UTC)
PUZZLING OUT THE SUNRISE

Sunrays stretch
longer
to reach us
blue and violet
scatter
dust softens the red
...ah

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[info]dmayr wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 12:40 pm (UTC)
Correction
That wasn't anonymous--that was me, Diane Mayr. I hit the send button before I was finished!
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2008 10:58 am (UTC)
Re: Correction
I esp. love the line "dust softens the red." Ah, indeed:>)
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[info]robin_pensieve wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 01:52 pm (UTC)
A beautifully inspiring picture :)
Hey Laura,

After too many weeks away, I NEEDED to do this this morning. What a bonus that I loved your choice of photograph :).

paradox in morning sky,
a glimpse of the Divine
Holy fire ignites my soul.


~ Robin @ PENSIEVE

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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2008 10:59 am (UTC)
Re: A beautifully inspiring picture :)
Robin--glad you liked the pic!

Love the first line--full of mystery.
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[info]cathyipcizade wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 03:01 pm (UTC)

Bask in me!
Calls the beckoning horizon.
Let not bars bind you
In imaginary prisons.

-Catherine Ipcizade
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2008 10:59 am (UTC)
Great first line, Catherine. And I love the imaginary prisons. Wonderful!
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(Anonymous) wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 03:28 pm (UTC)
Darkness comes
Somber mauve sunset
fades to grey dispair as iron
overwhelms wispy clouds.

Stu Pidasso
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2008 11:00 am (UTC)
Re: Darkness comes
Oh, I love the image of iron overwhelming wispy clouds. Terrific!
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(Anonymous) wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 04:37 pm (UTC)
Rosy pinks and oranges
Through open gates
A new morning beckons
With unspoken promise.

Dorothy at http://fieldstonecottage.blogspot.com/
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2008 11:00 am (UTC)
I love the idea of walking through open gates into morning. Lovely.
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[info]mariannenielsen wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 08:55 pm (UTC)
Melting Pot
melting midst
lava layered sea
waiting...
for close of day.

Marianne H. Nielsen
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2008 11:01 am (UTC)
Re: Melting Pot
That second line is just gorgeous. Makes me want to say it over and over!
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[info]dianemdavis wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 09:20 pm (UTC)
Fauve Painting
Perhaps Matisse
discovered
the wild beast within
by watching seas
turn orange
on early morns.

Diane M. Davis


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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2008 11:03 am (UTC)
Re: Fauve Painting
Stunning, Diane. The whole idea of "discovering" the wild beast within by looking at something that incites it...and I learned what a Fauve painting is, which I didn't know (or had once known and now forgotten).
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[info]writerross wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 10:27 pm (UTC)
Bird's Eye View of Its Seasonal Affective Disorder
Silence
Seagull

It's begun

Sandcastles, blankets,
silvered sun

Summer beach,
Closed,
undone
But
for
One

-Pamela Ross
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2008 11:04 am (UTC)
Re: Bird's Eye View of Its Seasonal Affective Disorder
Oh, this is one of your best, I think! I know a couple of people with SAD, and I'll have to send them here. And I think it's such a great mood poem even without the title. Just that melancholy--gorgeous. And with rhythm and rhyme, too. Wow.
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[info]roseleaf wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 11:19 pm (UTC)
I wish
I could hold
The beauty, this moment.

But we can't trap the sun.

~Jen Lehmann

Edited at 2008-10-30 11:20 pm (UTC)
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2008 11:05 am (UTC)
Jen, this is gorgeous. That last line, particularly!
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[info]myrtlebeachramblings.blogspot.com wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2008 12:02 am (UTC)
Gates of Hell
The gates of hell
Are open wide
Heaven's gates are too
But much more narrow
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2008 11:05 am (UTC)
Re: Gates of Hell
Love this! So pithy.
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[info]myrtlebeachramblings.blogspot.com wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2008 12:06 am (UTC)
A second thought
Morning's sky is fiery red
Think I'll stay off my boat
And go back to bed

Myrtle Beached Whale
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2008 11:06 am (UTC)
Re: A second thought
Love this play on the old sailors' rhyme! Clever!
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[info]wordsrmylife wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2008 12:41 am (UTC)
Come in,
squeaks the gate,
while overhead
one seagull ignores
the sunset's rose.
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[info]wordsrmylife wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2008 12:41 am (UTC)
Oops. That last was by
Kathy Q.
wordsrmylife
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2008 11:07 am (UTC)
I loved that single seagull. So glad you saw him:>) Beautiful last line.
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[info]havingwrit.blogspot.com wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2008 04:15 am (UTC)
With painted sky and
indecently open gates
the harlot ocean
calls to you,
"Come on in!"

sister AE
http://havingwrit.blotspot.com
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2008 11:07 am (UTC)
Fabulous! The image of the ocean as a harlot, a vulgarity--great language to support that and emphasize the ocean's lushness. Love this:>)
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