Laura Salas is off on another round of school visits promoting her new book STAMPEDE. She asked if I would like to host 15 words or less photopoetry this week and I said sure! This is no pressure, lots of fun. If you’re not familiar with it, you can read the guidelines here.
Here’s this week’s picture.
What does this make you think of? A window? A tunnel? A trap? Which side are you on?
If you’d like to play, just choose any topic this image makes come to your mind and write a quick 15 Words or Less poem. Your poem doesn’t have to describe this photo. The picture is just a jumping-off point. Basically look at the picture and write a poem of 15 words or less inspired by the photo. Please add your byline to the poem so I can include it in the poetry Friday roundup.
Go on. You know you want to.
NO ESCAPE
My mind feels clouded,
A prisoner of life,
Will I ever escape?
Who knows!!
– Anne McKenna
Re: NO ESCAPE
“A prisoner of life,”
very nice, Anne.
Honeycomb,
mass of hexagonal
wax, a lattice of
windows, a good day’s
work won
–Kristy Dempsey
(And clearly the image in the picture is not of hexagonal shapes, but it still made me think of honeycomb. 🙂
Isn’t that funny the way a picture like this can send us in a different direction?
Behind an ocean of cool
concrete waves
I sigh
and hide
from summer’s
punishing heat.
sister AE
http://havingwrit.blospot.com
I love the image of concrete waves. Thank you.
O 2 C as A flI.
multiple images
parading bI.
Just like TV,
Seems 2 B
2 many 2 name
yet, all the same.
Repition
stu pidasso
30April2009
that should be “Repetition”.
bad fingers, no peanut butter!
stu
Wow…I feel like I’m caught in a loop. Nice job, Stu.
Water whispers–
saplings sway–
glimpses of a world
just
out
of
reach.
I weep.
oh the last line really got me. Nice job.
Hop, Bop, Bebop
Three young grandkids
hop, bop, bebop.
One tired Grandma
needs them to stop.
Cindyb
Re: Hop, Bop, Bebop
LOL…love love love the tired grandma.
Fish scales shimmer
across the sunny day;
only the dark
allows us to see.
Kathy Q.
wordsrmylife
oh…I don’t know what I like best, the first line or the last two. Very nice, Kathy.
I DO want to!
Nose pressed against the fence.
Eyes, too.
Toddler wants what’s greener
on the other side.
-Becky Levine
Oh boy…I remember those toddler days.
Puzzle pieces
placed upon
nature’s background.
Marianne H. Nielsen
Thanks for hosting Susan.
Lovely, Marianne.
And you’re very welcome.
Hard stone curves
merges with nature
palette of blues and greens
mimics soft peacock feathers.
By Richard and Jacqueline Dove
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Peacock-feather-effect
burglar bars
looking on the bright side of life
By Jacqueline Dove at Neverending story.
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