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This Week's Photo: A Mass of Grass

  • Jul. 2nd, 2009 at 5:43 AM
chair, sleeping
 


 Credit: Catarina Carvalho

Another close-up image this week! What does this grass make you think of? Jungles? Daisy crowns? Making music with a blade of grass?  If you'd like to play, just choose any topic this image makes come to your mind and write a quick 15 Words or Less poem. Your poem doesn't have to describe this photo. The picture is just a jumping-off point. Leave your poem in a comment, and I'll repost it tomorrow!

Please remember to put your byline after your poem. Thanks!
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[info]booksareadrug wrote:
Jul. 2nd, 2009 11:43 am (UTC)
If I can't see them,
They can't see me.
I'm safe.

by Lydia
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Jul. 3rd, 2009 11:10 am (UTC)
I still believe that sometimes!
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[info]dmayr wrote:
Jul. 2nd, 2009 12:08 pm (UTC)
NEW HAMPSHIRE, June 2009

Continuous
rain, the grass
grows unabated.
Slowly, drip,
my spirits, drip,
erode, drip,
away.
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[info]dmayr wrote:
Jul. 2nd, 2009 04:08 pm (UTC)
by Diane Mayr
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Jul. 3rd, 2009 11:10 am (UTC)
We've had such a dry spring/early summer that it's hard to be sympathetic to all y'all New Englanders! Send some sogginess this way!

Love the repetition of drip.
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[info]robindance wrote:
Jul. 2nd, 2009 01:19 pm (UTC)
When bare feet smile
Summer begs
my feet roam free;
Verdant and lush,
a prickled
velvet carpet
their bounty.

Robin ~ PENSIEVE
http://www.pensieve.me
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Jul. 3rd, 2009 11:11 am (UTC)
Re: When bare feet smile
Love

a prickled
velvet carpet

Great juxtaposition. So true. The grass always LOOKS so soft, but no.
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[info]dianemdavis wrote:
Jul. 2nd, 2009 01:47 pm (UTC)
thunder
rumbles and shakes
my soul
but the grass
raises it's arms
in prayerful
gratitude.

Diane M. Davis
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[info]reflectionsandmemories.blogspot.com wrote:
Jul. 2nd, 2009 01:59 pm (UTC)
Oh wow- that's beautiful!
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[info]dianemdavis wrote:
Jul. 2nd, 2009 02:44 pm (UTC)
thanks so much. We are sitting in the midst of a thunder storm right now, and it is tremendously like being a part of nature. The sounds just take over your whole body.
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Jul. 3rd, 2009 11:12 am (UTC)
Oh, I love the image of the grass raising its arms. Gorgeous!
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[info]reflectionsandmemories.blogspot.com wrote:
Jul. 2nd, 2009 02:02 pm (UTC)
Searching

Gazing at summer's sky
hidden in a grassy sea
perhaps there's Someone
looking down at me?

~Melissa
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Jul. 3rd, 2009 11:12 am (UTC)
Re: Searching
Melissa, I really like that second line. It feels so cozy and secret!
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[info]randysalas wrote:
Jul. 2nd, 2009 03:21 pm (UTC)
Coming soon ...
Lilliputians
With machetes
Make way for
An elephant stampede

-- Randy
(hmmm -- stampede ...)
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Jul. 2nd, 2009 03:39 pm (UTC)
Re: Coming soon ...
Extra points for working in the title of my book:>)
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(Anonymous) wrote:
Jul. 2nd, 2009 03:24 pm (UTC)
Basking in brilliance
gently gyrating
the multitudes move
to what Fr. Mockingbird is saying.
Amen!

Nature's Pews
Gerald E. White
2July2009
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Jul. 3rd, 2009 11:13 am (UTC)
Gerald, I love this image of the grass swaying like churchgoers. Wonderful!
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[info]marthacalderaro.wordpress.com wrote:
Jul. 2nd, 2009 05:18 pm (UTC)
shoes strewn in the hall
gritty shells in paper cups on the sill
summer's informality
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Jul. 3rd, 2009 11:13 am (UTC)
Martha--I love that the shells are still gritty and of course the cups are paper! Great details!
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[info]marthacalderaro.wordpress.com wrote:
Jul. 2nd, 2009 05:20 pm (UTC)
oops
by Martha Calderaro
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[info]absolut_jmo wrote:
Jul. 2nd, 2009 06:11 pm (UTC)
A cool prickly mattress
on a hot summer day.
Ahhhh

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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Jul. 3rd, 2009 11:14 am (UTC)
Ah, someone who appreciates the cool prickly mattress (me, not so much). Great last line!
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(Anonymous) wrote:
Jul. 2nd, 2009 08:55 pm (UTC)
Stand to attention, is ignored
each blade of grass
does it's own thing
mass rebellion !!

- Anne McKenna
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Jul. 3rd, 2009 11:15 am (UTC)
Lovely, Anne! I love the rebellion!
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[info]sheridoyle.blogspot.com wrote:
Jul. 2nd, 2009 09:48 pm (UTC)
Across
Lush
Lands
Eyes
Redden
Gaze
Inflaming
Edges of
Sight

Spoiling
Unexpected
Clover
Kiss

~Sheri Doyle
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Jul. 3rd, 2009 11:16 am (UTC)
Unexpected/Clover/Kiss -- brilliant!

Great acrostic -- did you put this in the comments over at Tricia's Poetry Stretch (at The Miss Rumphius Effect)?
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[info]sheridoyle.blogspot.com wrote:
Jul. 3rd, 2009 02:14 pm (UTC)
I didn't - but I will go check it out now (I'm probably too late to post). I just read on your post that there is an acrostic focus happening over there - what a coincidence!
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(Anonymous) wrote:
Jul. 3rd, 2009 01:28 am (UTC)
A Mass of Grass
Elaine M.

Green spikes growing--
a yard of toe ticklers
waiting for a summer of
bare feet


Happy Fourth of July, Laura! I just hope we get a little sunshine this holiday weekend. We've had miserable weather this past month.
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Jul. 3rd, 2009 11:16 am (UTC)
Re: A Mass of Grass
That second line is phenomenal!

Hope y'all have some sunshine. (We need rain desperately, but not tomorrow:>)
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(Anonymous) wrote:
Jul. 3rd, 2009 01:48 am (UTC)
Searching amongst the blades
I seek to find
My future;
Where is the grass greener?

Susie A.
www.beautifulvisionofyou.blogspot.com
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Jul. 3rd, 2009 11:17 am (UTC)
Nice, Susie! I love the questioning tone here. Thanks for playing!
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[info]writerross wrote:
Jul. 3rd, 2009 09:42 am (UTC)
Grass Roots (or What was Really Happening on that Hill)
Jack and Jill
found splendor in the grass
Water can wait
while love rains down

-Pamela Ross, wondering if Mother Goose is rolling over in her grave
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Jul. 3rd, 2009 11:18 am (UTC)
Re: Grass Roots (or What was Really Happening on that Hill)
If Father Goose is with her, they can have a squawking good time!

Love this poem. Makes me laugh, but then those last two lines...wow. That should be emblazoned somewhere!
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