Gemma's ~~~ "Greyscale Territory" ~~~~~~~ Poetic Songlines: Crystal

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Crystal

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Red Hill Gallery sign, Mornington Peninsula
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Poefusion Tuesday Title prompt ~ Red Music of Burning Glass
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Red
Red hills
Red hills burning
Red hills burning music
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Old music
Old Eden music
Old Eden music burning
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Eden
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Glass
Crystal glass
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Crystal
Shattered
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3 comments:

poefusion said...: Good morning, Gemma~ Nicely done. Have a nice day.; November 7, 2008 at 12:21 AM
Angie C. said...: Gemma, I really liked this form. So much said with so few words.; November 7, 2008 at 4:13 AM
J. S. Clawson said...: I love how the poem builds one word at a time, crescendoing and then ends with "Crystal Shattered". Awesome. Great read.; November 7, 2008 at 4:49 AM

Archive of Blog Quotes

A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent
Autumn is an introspective season when stray thoughts of the mind dive into the mystique of the soul - Gemma Wiseman
Autumn is the bridesmaid of Summer and the flowergirl of Winter ~ Gemma Wiseman
Autumn whispers the tones of yesterday in a minor key ~ Gemma Wiseman
Love is born / With a dark and troubled face, / When hope is dead / And in the most unlikely place; / Love is born, / Love is always born. - Michael Leunig's Christmas Song Cycle "Southern Star"
Spring paints the stars of heaven in Earth colours ~ Gemma Wiseman
Summer sizzles with a sibilant hush / Broken by dreams of / Clinking ice ~ Gemma Wiseman
The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. - G.K. Chesterton
Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. - Stanley Horowitz
Winter is the fire, simmering lonely in the soul ~ Gemma Wiseman
Winter is the shadow, the etching of the seasons in the mist ~ Gemma Wiseman