At Poets and Storytellers United's Weekly Scribblings #45 Magaly invites us to be inspired by one or more of these three pictures:
"Beautiful YOU are" by Magic Love Crow
(I chose them all.)
This Moment Pictured
The great bird is soaring
in blazing splendour,
lifting our gaze away
from the small donkey
left standing exposed –
which once looked so cute,
with the crown on his head
and the cross displayed on
his proud brow, but now
seems only foolish.
And we do gaze,
with eyes that have seen
much trouble, but
are wide open because of
all we could not
go on looking away from.
We open our hearts –
revived, hopeful, triumphant –
and hold them high
like flags.
"... all we could not go on looking away from." I so like that. As well as how what was pleasing to the eye ("cute") now just looks foolish, and I would hope those looking on feel foolish as well!
ReplyDeleteIt can take a long time for some people to admit the emperor has no clothes (to change the reference).
DeleteHow wonderfully you have absorbed and pictured these images into your poem..
ReplyDeleteI felt very uninspired for 24 hours ... then suddenly it all fell into place. Our current preoccupations will come through!
DeleteHow relieved so many of us are at the recent news that surely lessens the fear of what might have happened. My mind went back to the autocratic nations prior to WW2 and what happened there.
ReplyDeleteSo did my mind – and, I imagine, many others.
DeleteWow all of them you nailed this one
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Muchđź’—love
Thanks, Gillena. Glad you think so.
DeleteI really love the richness of the last few lines:
ReplyDelete"We open our hearts –
revived, hopeful, triumphant –
and hold them high
like flags."
I can feel the lightness of the gesture, the freedom the exposed heart breathes in, the promise...
Good! And thank you for saying so.
DeleteSuch inspired writing, Rosemary. You spoke for so many of us, and you spoke eloquently.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad of that, Bev, as it has ramifications even beyond the USA.
DeleteYour words speak volumes ~~~ we open our hearts (and minds.)
ReplyDeleteHa! yeah that donkey is a bit troubling
DeleteThat’s what poetry allows us to do, picture a moment, and your ekphrastic poem is a lovely example, Rosemary. I love the way the bird is ‘lifting our gaze away’, which is something else poetry can do. The final lines have given me an uplifting start to the day.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I was able to do that for you.
Delete"We open our hearts –
ReplyDeleterevived, hopeful, triumphant –
and hold them high
like flags."
Love these glorious words Rosemary, love them.
Anna :o]
Thank you, I'm so glad you do.
DeleteThis was neat, Rosemary. You used all three very nicely merged into your thoughts displayed in print. I like the "open hearts" which are displayed as "revived, hopeful, triumphant."
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Yes, merged into my thoughts – exactly.
DeleteWe can all breathe a sigh of relief !
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure most of us are!
DeleteA revived heart is always worth whatever effort it takes to get there, don't you think?
ReplyDeleteGood point!
DeleteI enjoyed this and like how you were inspired by all three at once!
ReplyDeleteI was really stuck until that happened.
DeleteBeautiful words inspired by three images. Thanks for writing this!
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading it, Susie!
DeleteEach painting you wrote to meshed with the next one. I love your ending on this masterpiece, Rosemary!
ReplyDeleteI love that you call it a masterpiece!
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