Gemma's ~~~ "Greyscale Territory" ~~~~~~~ Poetic Songlines: Veiled Reality

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Veiled Reality

Photo by Danielle Kelly (Coney Island)
One Shoot ~ picture prompt
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Oriental shades
Translucent veiled yesterdays
Secretive romance
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One Shoot Sunday is @ One Stop Poetry

11 comments:

Gigi Ann said...: Few words but very descriptive, I loved it.; January 3, 2011 at 1:22 AM
Jerry said...: Nice tight write. Romantic.; January 3, 2011 at 1:32 AM
Yoshi said...: I like the oriental umbrella she is folding. Fantastic sepia photo!!!
Have a wonderful day.
Yoshi; January 3, 2011 at 2:47 AM
hedgewitch said...: Mysterious and alluring, like the photo.; January 3, 2011 at 3:07 AM
Carmela-J said...: So much imagery in so few words!; January 3, 2011 at 3:10 AM
Chris G. said...: Yes I caught a touch of the oriental from the umbrella in my own post as well...but yours is short and sweet. It does hold a sense of the romantic, doesn't it? As she looks longingly out over the beach, this veiled woman...does her love lie within?; January 3, 2011 at 3:27 AM
Reflections said...: Very tight, yet filled with imagery... beautiful!; January 3, 2011 at 4:34 AM
Fireblossom said...: Oriental nothing. I know her. That chick's from Hoboken!; January 3, 2011 at 5:46 AM
Maureen said...: Nice take!

Love Fireblossom's comment. Takes one to know one?; January 3, 2011 at 9:15 AM
Beachanny said...: Ah..or not a chick at all LOL (although I took her as a female) yes the haiku form does echo the parasol. Well done Gay @beachanny; January 3, 2011 at 1:09 PM
Marshy said...: seeing a lot of haiku today..this was good..went so well with the photo..all the best pete; January 4, 2011 at 9:19 AM

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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
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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
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Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. - Stanley Horowitz
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