Photo: Laura Salas
Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
I took this pic downtown (Minneapolis) because I liked the way the mirrors made it look like there were bowls holding these decorative balls, when there were really only half-bowls. Here are?3 things this photo makes me think of:
1)?the Photobooth app that my daughter and niece keep playing with to distort?their faces
2)?my 26th wedding anniversary, which is TODAY!
3) the balls could represent the seasons–the white ones could be snowballs/winter, the green ones spring, and the wooden ones autumn. Just missing summer.
And here’s my first draft.
We Are Not Alike…
but?we make something whole
when we face each other
and hold out our hands?
–Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved
I’m out of town and won’t be able to reply today, but I LOVE how you guys have been responding to each other! And I did read and comment on last week’s poems, but not until Sunday. Just in case you were wondering about a response but didn’t see one:>)
Now it’s your turn! Have fun? and stick to? 15 WORDS OR LESS!??(Title doesn’t count toward word count:>)?
86 Responses
Mirrors
Vase of memories
Sweet and close
You and I
Intertwined
Mirrors
Happy Wedding Anniversary! I really love your poem, especially the holding hands 🙂 Awesome picture!
Lovely. Wish we could contain all happy memories in a vase.
Love that your ending mirrors your beginning! And “vase of memories” is terrific!
Mirrors
Vase of memories
Sweet and close
You and I
Intertwined
Mirrors
Happy Wedding Anniversary! I really love your poem, especially the holding hands 🙂 Awesome picture!
Lovely. Wish we could contain all happy memories in a vase.
Love that your ending mirrors your beginning! And “vase of memories” is terrific!
Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary, Laura! Your poem is perfect for the day.
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
I don’t look like that at all!
Diversity is good!
Yes, I totally agree. What’s up with the inaccurate — much older — image of me?
Couldn’t agree more–why does my mother always stare back at me?
Happy Anniversary, Laura! Your poem is perfect for the day.
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
I don’t look like that at all!
Diversity is good!
Yes, I totally agree. What’s up with the inaccurate — much older — image of me?
Couldn’t agree more–why does my mother always stare back at me?
half a lie
reveals a whole truth
upon reflection
Wow! What a method for 20/20 hindsight.
half a lie
reveals a whole truth
upon reflection
Wow! What a method for 20/20 hindsight.
Happy Anniversary, Laura and Randy. And many more!
all day snow…
a heap of catnip mice
in the corner
Diane Mayr, all rights reserved
You must be in the latest chapter of the winter vortex! 😉
Happy Anniversary, Laura and Randy. And many more!
all day snow…
a heap of catnip mice
in the corner
Diane Mayr, all rights reserved
You must be in the latest chapter of the winter vortex! 😉
I can’t write, maybe later, off to a conference. But-Happy Anniversary Laura!
I can’t write, maybe later, off to a conference. But-Happy Anniversary Laura!
Happy Anniversary Laura! Hope hubby is with you. Nice “healthy” picture.
Florets
Green and white
mix and match
Broc and Cauli
in a veggie patch.
I like both your renditions — in a veggie patch or in a salad bowl!
Thanks Donna. Your poem did not come through legibly for me. It may be on my end. I think I got the gist — a mate making one whole?
Donna, just made one more click and I “got it.” Love that image. Fantastic and it speaks volumes.
Love the mix and match–creates an image of patchwork veggies.
Happy Anniversary Laura! Hope hubby is with you. Nice “healthy” picture.
Florets
Green and white
mix and match
Broc and Cauli
in a veggie patch.
I like both your renditions — in a veggie patch or in a salad bowl!
Thanks Donna. Your poem did not come through legibly for me. It may be on my end. I think I got the gist — a mate making one whole?
Donna, just made one more click and I “got it.” Love that image. Fantastic and it speaks volumes.
Love the mix and match–creates an image of patchwork veggies.
Happy Anniversary, Laura!
Mirror Me
I stare at the mirror me,
wondering who she sees
looking back at me.
?Kate Coombs
Reflection in its truest sense! I like!
Happy Anniversary, Laura!
Mirror Me
I stare at the mirror me,
wondering who she sees
looking back at me.
?Kate Coombs
Reflection in its truest sense! I like!
Changed my mind. Here’s a revision:
Mirror Me
I stare at the mirror me,
wondering who she sees
when she looks at me.
?Kate Coombs
Kate, funny how the moment you click submit, you have an “aw shucks” moment.
A more literal translation for my poem is:
Florets
Green and white
crisp and cold
Broc and Cauli
in a salad bowl.
I do like that better! The first one works, but the second one takes a step forward. Funny about that “Oh, just hit Send” moment. 🙂
I liked your first one, but this one is a little clearer “image”.
Yes! Thanks.
This somehow puts me in the mindset of my eight-year old self–too old to have an imaginary friend, but always imagining there was a me in another universe and wondering if she wondered about me.
Oh, I really like that!
Changed my mind. Here’s a revision:
Mirror Me
I stare at the mirror me,
wondering who she sees
when she looks at me.
?Kate Coombs
Kate, funny how the moment you click submit, you have an “aw shucks” moment.
A more literal translation for my poem is:
Florets
Green and white
crisp and cold
Broc and Cauli
in a salad bowl.
I do like that better! The first one works, but the second one takes a step forward. Funny about that “Oh, just hit Send” moment. 🙂
I liked your first one, but this one is a little clearer “image”.
Yes! Thanks.
This somehow puts me in the mindset of my eight-year old self–too old to have an imaginary friend, but always imagining there was a me in another universe and wondering if she wondered about me.
Oh, I really like that!
Happy anniversary! Here’s mine — kind of related to your day, I guess! (Experimenting to see if your comments take html tags. If it doesn’t then I’ll repost and you will have to imagine it centered!) I’ve put the graphic version on my page (graphic as in image!).
To My Husband:
I was ^ saw I
half ^ flah
now I am ^ ma I won
whole ^ elohw
?
To My Husband
I was ^ saw I
half ^ flah
now I am ^ ma I won
whole ^ elohw
?
Oh, yeah, so much better looking on my page. It needs the formatting to make sense:
http://mainelywrite.blogspot.com/2014/02/on-laura-salas-challenge-for-15-words.html
Sorry everyone for monopolizing the blogosphere.
I clicked to your site, and it looks great there–a nice valentine for your sweetheart!
Happy anniversary! Here’s mine — kind of related to your day, I guess! (Experimenting to see if your comments take html tags. If it doesn’t then I’ll repost and you will have to imagine it centered!) I’ve put the graphic version on my page (graphic as in image!).
To My Husband:
I was ^ saw I
half ^ flah
now I am ^ ma I won
whole ^ elohw
?
To My Husband
I was ^ saw I
half ^ flah
now I am ^ ma I won
whole ^ elohw
?
Oh, yeah, so much better looking on my page. It needs the formatting to make sense:
http://mainelywrite.blogspot.com/2014/02/on-laura-salas-challenge-for-15-words.html
Sorry everyone for monopolizing the blogosphere.
I clicked to your site, and it looks great there–a nice valentine for your sweetheart!
Happy anniversary Laura–hope you have a warm celebration!
zombie fruit bowl
brains, broccoli, and bananas–
going paleo
(This was not the direction I intended to go, but I kept seeing brains in that bowl!)
Have a friend who is paleo and the zombies are very much alive in my family. I like the brains interpretation.
Happy anniversary Laura–hope you have a warm celebration!
zombie fruit bowl
brains, broccoli, and bananas–
going paleo
(This was not the direction I intended to go, but I kept seeing brains in that bowl!)
Have a friend who is paleo and the zombies are very much alive in my family. I like the brains interpretation.
When I looked at the picture my eyes kept coming back to that beautiful head of broccoli.
So all I could think of was this:
Vegetables
Five they say
every day
improves our health
and what we weigh,
keeps viruses away.
When I looked at the picture my eyes kept coming back to that beautiful head of broccoli.
So all I could think of was this:
Vegetables
Five they say
every day
improves our health
and what we weigh,
keeps viruses away.
Interesting how Laura’s bowl of decorative balls is another’s bowl of broccoli. Rhyming makes vegetables much more fun.
I saw Broccoli straight away too.
Interesting how Laura’s bowl of decorative balls is another’s bowl of broccoli. Rhyming makes vegetables much more fun.
I saw Broccoli straight away too.
Wishing you a very happy anniversary, Laura!
PERFECT FIT
Your fine facets
Round all my sharp edges
With just one touch
Andria W. Rosenbaum /all rights reserved
Wishing you a very happy anniversary, Laura!
PERFECT FIT
Your fine facets
Round all my sharp edges
With just one touch
Andria W. Rosenbaum /all rights reserved
Beautiful, Laura!
This a la carte grocery store is great for your figure.
All veges and mirrors.
Happy Anniversary!
Beautiful, Laura!
This a la carte grocery store is great for your figure.
All veges and mirrors.
Happy Anniversary!
Such grotesque decoration
Like never before
Thought it was unique
Then I find some more
- Anne McKenna
(PS Sorry probably took someone a long time to put up there. Luckily I am on the other side of the world. It was the first thing that came into my head. Not a lover of decoration. Plain as day me. )
Such grotesque decoration
Like never before
Thought it was unique
Then I find some more
- Anne McKenna
(PS Sorry probably took someone a long time to put up there. Luckily I am on the other side of the world. It was the first thing that came into my head. Not a lover of decoration. Plain as day me. )
Thank you for the anniversary wishes, you all. And for the great variety of poems, as always!
xo,
Laura
Thank you for the anniversary wishes, you all. And for the great variety of poems, as always!
xo,
Laura
SEASONAL DESCRIPTIONS
Autumn crispness,
Winter freeze,
Springtime blossoms,
Summer breeze.
© Charles Waters 2014 all rights reserved.
SEASONAL DESCRIPTIONS
Autumn crispness,
Winter freeze,
Springtime blossoms,
Summer breeze.
© Charles Waters 2014 all rights reserved.