ANEMONE
When curved fingers of loneliness,
Like orbs of sand, clutter cup of daylight,
Through rhythms of shadow let slip moon,
She pauses as if in enchanted flight,
Mesmerized by souls of soundless lethargy,
So many in mortal confinement, tug at bearded hopes
In her sauntering flight away from her sister sun,
Of the fiery gown, of satin swirls, shivering in vibrations,
So ridge of mountains flatten to rainbow ribbons;
Then she knows, sentence of days and driftwood,
Aging of ocean screams, adorned with chests and treasure
Sunken and mysterious, poised and luring,
And from above, without gleam of emerald,
Without tender heart of teabag steeping in kindness,
Anemone of ponder approaches dry barren desert,
To accompaniment of radio whispers, striated crumbles
Of sister sun shafts the grey blanket of contemplation
Now reply to the question of coincidence
when that tiny bird
shot its crap to window pane
where were you moon orb
ANEMONE © gillena cox 2017
Midweek motif
Seeking the Extraordinary in the Ordinary
Prompted by Sumana Ray
Revisit
14 June 2016
"tender heart of teabag steeping"--what delights THAT conjures up in my imagination! Wow!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation MMT
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Some great imagery here Gillena - really made me smile
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Jae
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Like the teabag analogy and the question to the moon orb!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Thotpurge
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There are so many beautiful images...The first four lines are breathtaking Gillena!
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Wonderful imagery. I especially like the teabag of kindness.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Sherry
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There is something very deep, profound and mysterious depicted by the anemone. And it makes this an extraordinary piece!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Khaya
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Such gorgeous imagery here, Gillena!❤️ Especially love; "ridge of mountains flatten to rainbow ribbons" sigh.. beautifully executed!❤️
ReplyDeleteIt's like another take on the video Sherry posted! I love the anemone pic, the verbal imagery, and also the touches of down-to-earth humour.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Rosemary
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What a build up and what a laugh at the end. This certainly made my day Gillena!
ReplyDeleteGlad you dropped by Robin
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Thank you for this flight of imagination.
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