Photo: Laura Purdie Salas
Wake up your poetry brains with 15 Words or Less (guidelines here)!
I’m on hiatus for a month or so, but I’m posting pictures on Thursdays so you all can still participate if you want to:>)
Here’s what?this picture?makes me think of:
1)?The incredibly strong weeds in my yard!
2)?Medusa’s hair
3) An alien flame
And here’s my poem first draft:
Flicker
Cold flames wave
and twine,
licking starshine,
drinking night
–Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved
What do you think of when you look at this picture? Take any quick idea and jot down a 15 Words or Less poem. It doesn’t have to rhyme or describe this picture. It’s just about whatever you think of when you look at it.
68 Responses
“wave and twine, licking starshine” Love it, Laura. Here’s mine:
Under Crystal-Clear Skies
Glass leaves
on viscous stems
bend
in warm breezes.
Funny, but glass seems to hard and smooth that I hadn’t thought of them as bendy and viscous, but the gleam works, and now I can see it!
“wave and twine, licking starshine” Love it, Laura. Here’s mine:
Under Crystal-Clear Skies
Glass leaves
on viscous stems
bend
in warm breezes.
Funny, but glass seems to hard and smooth that I hadn’t thought of them as bendy and viscous, but the gleam works, and now I can see it!
Beautiful poem, Laura.
They soon renamed the Coral Reef
Ice Reef
as soon as the photographer
defrosted
I really like the idea of the photographer defrosting! This sounds like it’s longing to become a short story.
Beautiful poem, Laura.
They soon renamed the Coral Reef
Ice Reef
as soon as the photographer
defrosted
I really like the idea of the photographer defrosting! This sounds like it’s longing to become a short story.
Blade
Drawing her blue
blade she sliced
through a grim
meadow of lies.
?Kate Coombs
the blue blade makes this feel luminescent. beautiful image.
Wow, that is very striking! I can see that in an MG story.
Thanks, guys! I wasn’t specifically thinking of this, but have you read Robin McKinley’s book, The Blue Sword? Very good in a swashbuckling way. Plus magic.
Blade
Drawing her blue
blade she sliced
through a grim
meadow of lies.
?Kate Coombs
the blue blade makes this feel luminescent. beautiful image.
Wow, that is very striking! I can see that in an MG story.
Thanks, guys! I wasn’t specifically thinking of this, but have you read Robin McKinley’s book, The Blue Sword? Very good in a swashbuckling way. Plus magic.
Cold flames wave–great first line!
The way glass-blowers work–pulling the molten glass into shapes like the above, reminds me of the bars of Turkish taffy I used to get when I was a kid (late 50s, early 60s). The commercials (see one here: http://youtu.be/abuMyirUpcQ ) always had the kids snapping a bar into pieces, but I must have had very warm hands that made the candy soft and pull-able. In those days I spent Saturdays with all the other kids at the movies. Believe it or not, admission was 25 cents, and kids attended without adults.
Saturday Matinee
In the dark
Vincent Price’s
“Tales of Terror”
banana-flavored
Bonomo’s stuck
to my teeth.
© Diane Mayr
Wonderful combination of a strongly conveyed moment of memory, horror, and humor! Great take on the photo.
Cold flames wave–great first line!
The way glass-blowers work–pulling the molten glass into shapes like the above, reminds me of the bars of Turkish taffy I used to get when I was a kid (late 50s, early 60s). The commercials (see one here: http://youtu.be/abuMyirUpcQ ) always had the kids snapping a bar into pieces, but I must have had very warm hands that made the candy soft and pull-able. In those days I spent Saturdays with all the other kids at the movies. Believe it or not, admission was 25 cents, and kids attended without adults.
Saturday Matinee
In the dark
Vincent Price’s
“Tales of Terror”
banana-flavored
Bonomo’s stuck
to my teeth.
© Diane Mayr
Wonderful combination of a strongly conveyed moment of memory, horror, and humor! Great take on the photo.
Love your poem, Laura! Mine is a little…different.
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES
Rising tall from beneath the sea?
Omigoodness?what can it be?
Giant slugs from Dimension Z!
- ? 2013, Matt Forrest Esenwine
Nice rhythm and an alien invasion–what more could we ask for ? I like the rhymes, too.
Love your poem, Laura! Mine is a little…different.
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES
Rising tall from beneath the sea?
Omigoodness?what can it be?
Giant slugs from Dimension Z!
- ? 2013, Matt Forrest Esenwine
Nice rhythm and an alien invasion–what more could we ask for ? I like the rhymes, too.
Your poem is beautiful, Laura. Enjoying all the creativity here today :?)
Latest-style in dancing slippers?
Midnight-ballroom, princess-grippers.
Enterprising prince…so smart,
Saves some time AND wins her heart!!
~Penny Klostermann
Glass slippers–what a wonderful metaphor for this image! I especially like “princess-grippers,” both all on its own and as a rhyme for “dancing slippers.”
Princess grippers — love it!
Your poem is beautiful, Laura. Enjoying all the creativity here today :?)
Latest-style in dancing slippers?
Midnight-ballroom, princess-grippers.
Enterprising prince…so smart,
Saves some time AND wins her heart!!
~Penny Klostermann
Glass slippers–what a wonderful metaphor for this image! I especially like “princess-grippers,” both all on its own and as a rhyme for “dancing slippers.”
Princess grippers — love it!
LET’S GET OUTTA HERE
Cobras rising,
suave as glass.
Desert
the desert!
We exit
en masse.
Hahaha–excellent! I like how you used “suave” instead of smooth, refreshing an old metaphor.
Clever and fun!
LET’S GET OUTTA HERE
Cobras rising,
suave as glass.
Desert
the desert!
We exit
en masse.
Hahaha–excellent! I like how you used “suave” instead of smooth, refreshing an old metaphor.
Clever and fun!
Twisting, twining
Stretching, pining
Slowly growing
Reaching, glowing
From the sea floor
To the sun
And kelp actually does that! Great parallel verbs; they make the movement feel real.
Twisting, twining
Stretching, pining
Slowly growing
Reaching, glowing
From the sea floor
To the sun
And kelp actually does that! Great parallel verbs; they make the movement feel real.
UNDER COVER
Smooth, slippery eels
slither.. slide …snake…
between thick reeds
stalking prey like secret agents.
© Andria W. Rosenbaum
I like the slithery sounds and then the surprise of the last line.
UNDER COVER
Smooth, slippery eels
slither.. slide …snake…
between thick reeds
stalking prey like secret agents.
© Andria W. Rosenbaum
I like the slithery sounds and then the surprise of the last line.
IN THE CHURCH NURSERY
Arms reach half-heartedly.
Sad eyes of blue.
Clearly she’s saying,
“Not Mom, but you’ll do.”
Laura, saw your poem yesterday on YourDailyPoem.com!
A little story–very clear! I’ve seen this happen.
IN THE CHURCH NURSERY
Arms reach half-heartedly.
Sad eyes of blue.
Clearly she’s saying,
“Not Mom, but you’ll do.”
Laura, saw your poem yesterday on YourDailyPoem.com!
A little story–very clear! I’ve seen this happen.
Rose-colored Garden
Blue leaves unfurl
purple tendrils curl,
pink stems reach high
climbing to magenta sky.
Nice parallelism! And colors.
Thanks Kate (and thanks for being a Laura-sub with your encouraging comments to all!)
🙂
Rose-colored Garden
Blue leaves unfurl
purple tendrils curl,
pink stems reach high
climbing to magenta sky.
Nice parallelism! And colors.
Thanks Kate (and thanks for being a Laura-sub with your encouraging comments to all!)
🙂
Chihuly
your dreams seep out
to blend and grow and bleed
and multiply–
with mine.
Ahhh yes. Love his work and yours!
thank you
Had to look him up–I can picture the transformation/sequence from creator’s idea to creator’s reality to the mind of another creator whose dreams are calling back.
Chihuly
your dreams seep out
to blend and grow and bleed
and multiply–
with mine.
Ahhh yes. Love his work and yours!
thank you
Had to look him up–I can picture the transformation/sequence from creator’s idea to creator’s reality to the mind of another creator whose dreams are calling back.
MISDIRECTION
Medusa’s
Burnished
Cerulean
hair
Distracts
You
from
Her
lethal
S t a r e …
Beware.
© Charles Waters 2013 all rights reserved.
Oooh, I love “Burnished/Cerulean/hair!” Nice!
MISDIRECTION
Medusa’s
Burnished
Cerulean
hair
Distracts
You
from
Her
lethal
S t a r e …
Beware.
© Charles Waters 2013 all rights reserved.
Oooh, I love “Burnished/Cerulean/hair!” Nice!