Hello, and welcome! This is 15 Words or Less Poems, a low-pressure way to wake up your poetry brain (guidelines here), and I’m very glad you’re here.
Thank you for your poems last week! In case you’re wondering, that was a filtered picture of water pouring into my bathtub. The orange “straw” at the right center edge is the stream of water, and the rest is the roiling water in the tub.
Today’s image comes from a supermoon night. My moon pictures never come out, because the moon looks so much lovelier and larger to my eye than to my cell phone! But the magic of filters enhances it:>)
This image makes me think of several things:
- a giant dragonfly
- a robin’s nest with eggs in it (in sky, below and to left of moon)
- Peter Pan and air raids in London during WWII
And here’s my first draft.
It’s your turn! Have fun and stick to 15 WORDS OR LESS! (Title doesn’t count toward word count.)
NOTE: I’m at a school visit today–on World Read Aloud Day! Excited to read my new picture book to kids for the very first time! And I will be on a school visit next Thursday as well. That means no comments from me on these days, but I trust this busy and kind community to do your thing whether I’m here or not:>)
40 Responses
Sky bow tie
evening occasion
tails
top hat
woman at the door
in pearls
goodnight.
Enjoy your school visit today. There is nothing better than a group of children listening to story. I’m so happy they get so see the new book!
Funny how we see more/different with a camera filter. I love the idea of the moon flying through your window!
One of my brilliant students wrote about the moon as a pearl yesterday. I love how the moon is dressed up in tails. Let’s go dancing.
Oh…clever!
I imagine dancing by moonlight. How fun.
Bow tie, top hat and pearls. What an image. Thanks Linda. Swept away in royalty!
Linda I love this. Your words are dancing together to create that image.
I left for work a few minutes early yesterday so that I could stop and take some photos. Mixed results. Sometimes you just can’t capture wonder with a lens. Your poem certainly does the job though! I love those “wings of light/studded with stars” and how your filter shows those gleaming moon rays and transforms the moon into a giant dragonfly. Here’s my first draft:
Wake up!
Once in a blue moon
the goddess shimmers
all is luminous
Did you even notice?
I noticed. I tried to take pictures, too. Love the word luminous.
wonderful question at the end!
Love your ending. I was blessed with clear skies for the lunar eclipse. How sad for those who didn’t look up.
Moons, and sunsets are alway photographic failures for me. I’m better off tossing the camera aside, and just enjoying the experience. What an enjoyable poem, loved “all is luminous”.
Beauty of a picture!!
Mighty Moon
Here I come
to save the night -
I’m Super Moon!
I shine so bright!
Mighty Moon — A super hero. How fun.
Stars dance
around mistress moon
wrapping her in garments
of blue silk.
This is lovely! Mistress moon and her attendant stars!
Now I imagine her going to a ball.
Dancing in blue silk. Luxurious!
Very pretty!
Diamond moon
Twinkling bright
Natures jewel
Sparkling night
This is beautiful.
Kimberly, a beautiful image. I often wonder how much of mother nature’s beauty we miss while sleeping during nighttime.
Enjoy your time away Laura. You will be missed. Love wings of lacy light. Also, fascinated by the reveal of last weeks photo. One can only imagine what life could/would be like within a continuing filter. But, reality it is and we take the bad with the good. For some reason today’s pic brought a “dear alien” to mind.
Mayday, Mayday!
Sputtering drone
exit E. T.
searching for phone
in Laura’s home.
How cute. Poor E.T.
Martha I love your take on today’s picture. At least E.T. will have lots of great stories to read in Laura’s home.
Thank you Jean, that is a movie that I will always remember the circumstances at the time I saw it. We were visiting out west and saw the movie in Tuscon AZ, with friends, and we all exited the theater with tears in our eyes. Even the husbands, and there were three of them.
Zoom
Zoom, zoom here flies the blue moon
beaming into my
moon
jar
c. JGAnnino
I love photos, drawings, paintings of the moon- one finite object accessible to so so many of us.
The children today & next Thursday are fortunate to meet up with you.
My donated word is is jar. I’ll add it at the donation box!
Appreciations for all your 15 words or less Thursdays. I’ve been away from them & am glad to be back.
Moon jar — I like the idea of being able to catch and hold some moonlight.
I love the energy of your poem, catching that moonlight in your moon jar.
Really pretty and thought provoking.…I want a moon jar.
I love your moonlight winging through the window, Laura. I see an airplane with landing lights on. My poem is to the skill of pilots doing the impossible daily.
In the sky maze -
airplanes finding their way
despite rain or snow,
fog or haze.
So true Lauren. Thinking how difficult that was in earlier times, and how we trust today’s technology every time we board a plane.
Lauren I’m with you, I have great awe for the skill of pilots. Excellent poem.
Laura I just love the image of your moon growing lacy wings. For nurses, a full moon means a crazy night! A supermoon may just put us over the edge! I love the reveal on last weeks photo…never would have guessed running water.
Super moon,
Halo bright.
Body braced for fight or flight.
For Lunacy will rule tonight!
Love your last line!
Great last line. I enjoyed your poem and reading the reason behind it.
WALKING AT NIGHT-FALL
The Moon was busy making sleet
that turned into an icy sheet.
Slip-slop
Plop!
Great pun in your title!
Love the image of the moon growing lacy wings. We enjoyed the full moon the other night, but clouds blocked the eclipse.
Night Shadows
Winter trees block
the full moon’s light–
tall soldiers march
across the frozen night.
Buffy I love your poem, especially “tall soldiers march” great imagery.
I love the first two lines setting up your ending. Ouch!