Yesterday Was Wrong

Yesterday's Dreams ~ Jack Vettriano


Waiting for
A funeral to unfold is
Hardly the time to feel
Romantic


But then
There are times when
Reason
Rocks
Protocol


Consciously
She gowned a black version of
Her dancing dress


The one she wore when
They shared 
One 
Split
Shaft of
Eye 
Fire
Across a room


The one she wore
Before
His marriage to
Her friend




Linking to:
Magpie Tales #126

She was Ophelia...

Ophelia by Odilon Redon



Mirage
Sleeping young face melting in 
Some oasis rain puddle
Alongside
Some random fallen leaves
And flowers


Soon
The relentless sun
Snuffs
The last light
Burns the cursed moment
Gone


 Linking to:
Magpie Tales #124
Poetry Pantry #105

NOTE: For those who think I have re-invented the Ophelia story, I have not.
Instead, I looked at Redon's image and thought he seemed to capture the shape of a rain puddle.
And that's where my idea began.
As if, like a mirage, (my opening word) the innocent face of Ophelia appears in the rain puddle.
Like a brief, legendary moment has surfaced, re-incarnating her final moments, until the sun dries up the puddle, and she is gone once again.
Ophelia's story remains intact.

Past Stone Worlds

Succinctly Yours ~ Week 32 Picture Prompt
Use the photo as inspiration for a story of 140 characters OR 140 words.
It doesn’t have to be exactly 140, just not more.
Word Of The Week: Eerie - Not used
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Dear Fred, are you still loving flint these days?
Betty, you stone me with your words and winning smile!
We're far more than mere rubble!!
(140 characters)
~


Succinctly Yours is hosted by Grandma's Goulash

Stained Perfection

Magpie Tales #89 - Picture Prompt
image source here

Windowless
Like my mind

Walls stained with the blood of
Anger and
Broken dreams
Like my heart

A desk marked with curled
Blank slates
And one
Twisted
Noose of
Confusion

But the typewriter
Shines
As if new

Dustless
Unloved

Mein Kampf

Perfect


Hosted by Willow

More Than Shavings

Succinctly Yours ~ Week 18 Picture Prompt
Use the photo as inspiration for a story of 140 characters OR 140 words.
It doesn’t have to be exactly 140, just not more.
Word Of The Week: Arbitrary
~

To some
This smelly, messy shed was of arbitrary value-
Disposable
But I knew here were the shavings of
My grandad's final masterpiece.
(140 characters)
~


Succinctly Yours is hosted by Grandma's Goulash

Farewell Writer's Island

The Week #25 prompt for 2011 is “VISION OF THE FUTURE”.
This is the week we all sail off to new adventures, and the last week that Writer’s Island will be open and offering writing prompts — at least in the foreseeable future.
The island has been offering prompts since 2007.
From Rob Kistner: Pardon my sentimentalism, but I have included a piece of art I created quite a number of years ago for my daughter, whose 39th birthday is next week. It was inspired by a photo taken of her and I in 1979, when she was 7.
It is entitled: “A Father’s Love” which is filled with dreams of the future.

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Poetry Pantry #56
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Snippets of wildflowers
Precious life in barren earth
We see your beauty
Now

For too long
We lost the real colours of living
Robots
Warped and charged with electric threads

For too long
We lived
A screened life

And now
Fresh worlds are the feasts of kings and queens
Kings and queens of our own lives
Content to welcome sunlight
And cast shadows with our children


Hosted by Rob Kistner
LOCATION: in the Sea of Words
LONGITUDE: Imagination
LATITUDE: Creativity
CLIMATE: Warm winds of wonder


The Poetry Pantry is hosted by Poets United

Reach...

Rob Hanson's Photography
One Stop Poetry ~ Picture Prompt Challenge
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Poetry Pantry #53
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If only
Memories ringing
Draughty shed
Leather scents
If only my grandfather
Could reach for the phone


One Stop Poetry – For Poets, Writers & Artists


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A Colourful Tale

Illustration: by Vincent Mathy
Monday's Child #48
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You think you do not know me
My dearest vegie friends
But I'm the one you bullied
And flung to garden's end

I'm the ugly one you mocked
My dearest vegie friends
The one you said was useless
The artichoke blend

You seem surprised to see me
My dearest vegie friends
All colourful and happy
And my soul's on the mend

You see
A rainbow found me
And lifted up my heart
Gave each chamber colour
Each juicy piece a part

But before the rainbow finished
The rain came tumbling down
The rainbow slipped away
But left behind my gown

So here I am more beautiful
Than any one of you
My heart is there for all to see
And spiky points are few

I hold no lasting grudges
You can't help being you
I'm now your queen and captain
And you're my willing crew


Monday's Child - (an illustration from a children's book is the writing prompt) - is hosted by bkmackenzie

New Civilisation

Succinctly Yours ~ Week 11 Picture Prompt
Use the photo as inspiration for a story of 140 characters OR 140 words.
It doesn’t have to be exactly 140, just not more.
Word Of The Week: Ponder (not used)
~

Our numbers are melting.
No youth follows our footsteps.
We will age and reality will be no more.
Civilisation will be a virtual screen!!
(140 characters)
~


Succinctly Yours is hosted by Grandma's Goulash

Boost Your Day!

Succinctly Yours ~ Week 10 Picture Prompt
Use the photo as inspiration for a story of 140 characters OR 140 words.
It doesn’t have to be exactly 140, just not more.
Word Of The Week: glisten (not used)
~

Your day looks greyed, dull and cold Gran!
You've missed the bus and the rain's increasing.
Hop on my bike and I'll give your life a kick!
(140 characters)
~


Succinctly Yours is hosted by Grandma's Goulash

Old Questions

Banquet Scene with a Lute Player by Nicolas Tournier, 1625
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Magpie Tales #67 ~ Willow's Picture Prompt
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One Shot Wednesday #47
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The Poetry Pantry #51
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I know that this is no "happy families" get together
These are your close friends
Bound by time
I am just your
Incidental trophy

Our lute player tinkles Ariel's song
But he plays to closed souls...

Just this once
PLEASE let me join your thoughts...

I am sure you are rattled by
Galileo's increasing
Assertive claims that
Our Earth
Is not the centre of the universe

But the point is
Do you dismiss his claims
In line with our Catholic teachings
Or do you and your friends
Wonder
Could it be

I see you peering at the trembling shaft of moonlight
And one friend follows your gaze

Are you seeking answers
Do you fear what the answer may be

And I am slowly realising that
If the Earth is not the centre of the universe
Then
Neither
Are we
~

NOTE: Galileo Galilei(1564-1642) was an Italian scientist and astronomer who supported Copernicus' heliocentric view, which placed the Sun at the centre of the universe. Philosophers and clerics denounced Galileo to the Roman Inquisition early in 1615.
In February 1616, although he had been cleared of any offence, the Catholic Church nevertheless condemned heliocentrism as "false and contrary to Scripture".
The date on the prompt image seems to fit in with these events.
~


Hosted by Willow


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Mother Duck

Illustration by Elizabeth Webbe
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Monday's Child #42 ~ Picture Prompt
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Cooking and dressing and
Shopping and
Smiling
Mother Duck must do what
Mother Duck must do


Cleaning and sewing and
Ironing and
Smiling
Mother Duck must do what
Mother Duck must do


Walking you to swimming school and
Walking you home
Caring for your aches and pains and
Seeing you don't roam


Picnic fun
In the sun
Playing tag together
Flying with the dancing winds
Enjoying any weather


But sometimes in the tiny hours
When you are fast asleep
And I have time to sit and dream
While moonlight shadows creep
I hang a wish upon a star
That I will always keep
Your gentle love
Your sweetest smiles
And never let you weep

* Published link in El haiku en español Diario today!



Monday's Child - (an illustration from a children's book is the writing prompt) - is hosted by bkmackenzie

Metal Tales

Photo by James Rainsford

Click on the photo to see a gallery of his photos

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One Shoot Sunday Picture Prompt
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Poetry Pantry #45

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A moment to hold the briefcase

Clenched

And look up

Shoppers on a mission for

Must have accessories

Text to text

Words
Travelling light

All connected by gaffa tape webs of

Oily inflation

(Imaginary of course)

And those who dare to dream
Another reality

May only see

Some pseudo

Heavenly stairway

In pseudo sunlight

A hunk of

Empty
Lifeless

Shiny metal

On the move

New pilgrims to a new Canterbury?

(P.S. I just have music in my ears!)

One Shoot Sunday is hosted by Dustus @ One Stop Poetry
NOTE: hedgewitch's response this week rocked me!
The title of her post is Blue Nowhere.
A blue wind wheeling to a blue nowhere! Like a tinted reality! This beautiful poem scoops up the senses and lets them flounder, delirious in a delicious nowhere!


The Poetry Pantry is hosted @ Poets United

Dregs

Picture by Willow who hosts Magpie Tales
~
Magpie Tales #61
(NOTE: This verse form is a pathya vat from Cambodia)
~

Peeling echoes
Dregs of past lives
Fractured with knives
Polluted wine


In golden lights
You were my vine
You were my shrine
My sacred crow
~


Hosted by Willow

The Secrets of Three

Illustration: Florence Edith Storer
~
Monday's Child #41
~

It feels so good to be outdoors
Under a pretty blue sky
The leaves are dancing
And birds are glancing
And singing as they pass by


It feels so good to feel free
Beyond the rules at home
A picnic lunch
With lots to crunch
And a drink before we roam


Shall we play hide and seek
Among the trees
Or share some ghostly tales
I really don't mind
Whatever the kind
Of game...Do as you please!


We only have just a little time
Before Mum and Dad return
They're only by the river
And we don't want them to be stern


Let's treasure our time in the great outdoors
Our secret club of three
It feels so good to be ourselves
Just the wind
And you and me
~


Monday's Child - (an illustration from a children's book is the writing prompt) - is hosted by bkmackenzie

Night Sailing

Illustration by Ethel Mars and Maud Hunt Squire 1900's from A Children's Garden of Verses
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Monday's Child #40
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My little room is a magic world
A place to live in dreams
My bed becomes a special boat
Sailing the cloudy seas


Just a sparkling thought whisks me there
Anywhere I long to be
A fantasy land where I am king
Or an island where I'm just me


Sometimes I go on adventures
Braving the jungles wild
Seeking all my animal friends
Loving being a child


And sometimes I visit Peter Pan
He's such a crazy guy
Never Never Land is a wondrous place
To walk and run and fly


But then I must sail quietly home
To sleep away the night
Tuck my dreams in my pocket
And smile at morning light



Monday's Child - (an illustration from a children's book is the writing prompt) - is hosted by bkmackenzie

New York Rhythms

Friday Poetically @ One Stop Poetry ~ Picture Prompt of New York
I will be on my way to New York to represent you, our poets and readers, at the Shorty Awards. ~ Brian Miller
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Large micro living
Crystal buzzing with spirit
New York vibrancy
~




Friday Poetically is hosted by Brian Miller @ One Stop Poetry

Tea Party

Picture Prompt ~ Tea Party Illustration by: Fernando Falcone~
Monday's Child #38~

Tea party for three
White Rabbit, are there no more
It seems so bizarre

Tea cups and saucers
I count four empty waiting
Do you expect friends

And another thing
Should there be some party food
That would be more fun

Mad Hatter scares me
He seems to be a bully
Why does he do this

Please help me Rabbit
I don't understand this world
Guide me to answers~


Monday's Child - (an illustration from a children's book is the writing prompt) - is hosted by bkmackenzie

Sheltered by Light

Image by James Rainsford
Click on the image to view a gallery of his photos
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One Shoot Sunday picture prompt
~

I eke out my days
Fashioned in yesterday's styles
Expression on ice

Curiosity
Weathering in weathered worlds
Like a lone watcher

Birds seem to need me
Passing perch for passing dreams
It's good to feel life

Sometimes I'm lucky
Wings cast a halo of light
I so want to smile
~


One Shoot Sunday is hosted by Dustus @ One Stop Poetry

Framework

Image by Sean McCormick
Click on image to go to his website
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One Shoot Sunday Picture Prompt
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Eroded living
Rocky memories cluster
Birth of new beauty

Open boundary
Landscapes in focal fragment
New unchartered frame

I was there awhile
A small stone like a small cairn
Perhaps you'll find me
~

NOTE: If you would like to experience a wilder rollercoaster ride, read
Dustus' Entering Threshold.
My comment on his post: Dynamic! Like a torrent of literary minds and raw adventurers and those who need acting in their lives! All falling in some mesmerising heap leaving a mass grave at some threshold! This rattled me in an exhilerating way!


One Shoot Sunday is hosted by Dustus @ One Stop Poetry