Mag 28
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Strange thoughts are born in a warm bath
Especially a warm bubble bath
I have never tried to play with
A found poem
That is
Until this afternoon
A chilly, rainy afternoon when
I found a marvellous Mastercard adverisement
A double page spread in a broadsheet
Easily I saw how the dust
From a stellar explosion
Conglomerating to form earth
Could be the first footstep in
A chain reaction
Gondwanaland separates
(Like my toes rising in the bubbly foam)
An Ice Age
Boulders on mountains
Tectonic plate movements
Earthquake upheavals
Boulders thrown
Earths thaw
Washed and weathered
(Like warm water
Gushing from my bath tap
Wearing down the grime of my tensions)
The boulder became a stone
Tossed and churned
Till it fell
Just a pebble
A beautiful
Small
Smooth pebble
On the beach
(Like the polished beauty of my nails)
The Mastercard advertisement claimed
The pebble was found
A moment shared
A connection through time
I hope this connection will be mine
Someday
Strange thoughts are born in a warm bath
Especially a warm bubble bath
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Strange Thoughts in a Bubble Bath
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21 comments:
'History of Earth in a pebble'. Yes, you will be remembered in your DNA wherever your offspring and theirs wander in space and time! Liked this.
I haven't had a bubble bath in ages, but I do find inspiration in the shower... and on long drives...
Which, as MasterCard would say, is priceless.
I remember this poem of Willows'...she is a wonderfully talented women, we share many likes and dreams, as do we.
The work on the shop has begun, it will take a week, then my new world begins...a space where all the magic evolves. How wonderful to work on my craft indoors and out of the weather, can't wait to see how it evolves...you know me, always thinking and conjuring...ha!
Be afraid...
Smooch!
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love what you did with this prompt. interesting what catches our eye and triggers our minds to write something, isn't it? hope all is well. have a great day.
Nice take on the prompt.
A nice warm bath can be so inspiring... I do miss my bubbles :( now a shower is all I got.
Strange thoughts indeed! All mine have to do with the impossible daydream.
I think sometimes all the thoughts, strange or not, in the bath is because we finally have time to just sit and think. Love what you did with this one.
Great Magpie! :-)
I wish my thoughts were as interesting when I'm in he bath. I tend to nod off a lot. lol Age, I guess.
I always see geographical images in the bubbles, especially in a warm bubble bath. Wonderful piece, Gemma.
beautiful,
it is true we have strange thoughts when taking a bubble bath...
Love the way you went off into your own world with the Magpie .....
History, geology, and a cleansing bath with meditation, can't think it gets much better than that. Love the way you worded your way through a very delightful read.
Elizabeth
after reading this and others I must go find some bubble bath oil or such- loved your take on the photo and a Master card ad!
Lovely dreamy Magpie, yes, being in water is where us humans find our creativity and imagination
Priceless! Yes! Love this found tale.
a very beautiful magpie, Gemma :) priceless indeed!
what a cool advertisement and a wonderful spin you put on it...i do think strange thoughts can 'bubble' up in a bath...smiles.
my magpie
love this cosmic Magpie...and all those thoughts you shared- from sitting in a bathtub...wonderful...bkm
Love the poem and the art!
Nice piece of writing. Love how you related your thoughts to the bath and back and forth. And all that from an ad...amazing!
Woww... this was so creative, Gemma
The analogy was terrific!
And the read, well, PRICELESS! :)
Loved the way your worked on this prompt.. awesome!
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