Gemma's ~~~ "Greyscale Territory" ~~~~~~~ Poetic Songlines: A White Breath Tale

Friday, July 16, 2010

A White Breath Tale

Magpie Tales ~ Mag 23
~

My golden glow is stained with age
But my signs weather on...
Signs attesting to
A master plan
The eternal beauty of
My purpose for being...

I cocoon
I am
The White Breath
Against
The House of Fire
~

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17 comments:

Brigid O'Connor said...: Lovely imagery, I love the 'white breath' phrase.; July 16, 2010 at 7:22 PM
Suz said...: how do you spell scrumptous!?!; July 17, 2010 at 12:09 AM
ninotaziz said...: Dear Gemma,

I cocoon - what a lovely term, a fire extinguisher lying in wait?

Loved it!; July 17, 2010 at 1:04 AM
signed...bkm said...: Very nice..the last stanza pulls it all together so nicely...bkm; July 17, 2010 at 9:13 AM
Kathe W. said...: I love the line "Iam the White Breath" woosh! love it!; July 17, 2010 at 9:33 AM
brenda w said...: Gorgeous, lush, and very clever! Transformative Magpie! (pun intended); July 17, 2010 at 11:23 AM
JeffScape said...: Nice little hint of Poe in that second stanza...; July 17, 2010 at 1:35 PM
Tess Kincaid said...: Love the cocoon metaphor!; July 18, 2010 at 6:41 AM
Catalyst said...: Now THAT'S poetry!; July 18, 2010 at 9:42 AM
Anonymous said...: superb last stanza, I'll never think the same way about fire extinguishers again! Beautiful!; July 19, 2010 at 12:07 AM
RA said...: A poem in every line! :); July 19, 2010 at 12:24 AM
Tumblewords: said...: I love The White Breath Against The House of Fire - it sounds medieval and mystical and surely as real as can be! Beautiful.; July 19, 2010 at 2:27 PM
Brian Miller said...: oh that whole last verse is brilliant with imagery...nicely done.; July 20, 2010 at 6:32 AM
Sue J said...: Love it.; July 20, 2010 at 10:28 AM
~T~ said...: Lovely, and comforting!; July 20, 2010 at 3:17 PM
Anonymous said...: beautiful and warm..nicely done!; July 20, 2010 at 11:37 PM
Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hall said...: lovely done,
enjoy the compactness and perfection in word choice.; July 21, 2010 at 10:20 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