Mary Lee Hahn is hosting Poetry Friday today at A Year of Reading, so head on over for more poetry – and a look at an unusual form called a “Blitz Poem.”
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How dramatic!
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That’s what I was going for. 😉 Thanks, Mary Lee!
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Isn’t it incredible that when we need a “simple” or “quick” something (I’m speaking for myself of course) for Poetry Friday…we can write our way into something beautiful and profound and really stunning. You may have spent hours over this….but somehow, I think you looked at those clouds and that sea and the words flowed. Am I right? A beautiful haiga.
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Thank you so much, Linda. It’s funny how some poems come more quickly than others. This took about an hour. The poem I wrote for the upcoming follow-up to “School People,” a villanelle, took days of thought but only about an hour or two to finalize on paper. Conversely, the poem I wrote for “Lullaby & Kisses Sweet” took hours and hours and SEVEN revisions! One never knows what’s going to happen…
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I like the combination of peace and dread. Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
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Thank you, Ruth – we live with each everyday, and I thought this photo captured that well.
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You made me imagine what it must be like if out on a boat with that storm approaching. Love the drama, would be happy to just be viewing it!
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Thanks, Linda – and yes, I’m much happier viewing it, than being part of it!
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What a haiku and photo.
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Thank you, Jone.
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Very dramatic. And proscenium was new to me, which I love! I grasped the meaning anyway, but then checked and now I know something new!
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Glad I was able to help you learn a new word, Sally! After all my years in theatre, it never occurred to me that some might not be familiar with it.
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Like Sally, I could figure out proscenium, but double checked. Drama of the sky and stage combined–well done! And whoa! What a photo!!
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Thanks so much, Molly.
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Amazing photo. Yours?
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No, I discovered this while searching for inspiration through FreeImages.com…glad I stumbled upon it!
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Cool photo/poem combination! Was it taken in Maine?
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No, the photo came from FreeImages.com – but I was instantly mesmerized as soon as I saw it, and knew I had to use it!
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Love the drama of the photo and haiku combo (and thanks for sending me to look up proscenium!)
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Thank you, Buffy!
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What an ominous feeling poem and gorgeous image, thanks Matt!
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Thanks so much, Michelle!
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Gorgeous photo – and a thought-provoking poetic response.
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Thank you, Kay!
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Not gonna lie, I had to look up the word “proscenium” 😀
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Ha! As I mentioned earlier, I had no idea it was as obscure a word as it apparently is.
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Matt, this is a winning combo. What an amazing image poem that is filled with the rush of the sea and the darkness of the tone. You found a photo prompt that inspired you to write from the corners of theater background, I see. Would you be interested in offering this poem for my summer gallery, “TheArtofSummering”?
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