This Chair
This chair stood among the clouds,
Surreal and empty, tired from wandering;
You would think it didn't belong,
But it certainly did;
For what are spaces for,
If not to delete a void.
Every footstep in life to pilgrimage
The emptiness, the aloofness;
A chair without a table, resting now,
A chair without a sitter;
One wonders how not why,
How did it get here among clouds
Cumulus in thought,
Puffy with intent,
Alone and surreal.
Every footstep in life to pilgrimage
Perhaps the sitter fell off,
Like Jack fleeing a giant,
Grasping a beanstalk,
Or maybe there was no sitter;
Only a chair among clouds,
Just the way the dreamer crafted.
Every footstep in life to pilgrimage
This Chair © gillena cox 2024
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The challenge i rsponded to:
4. Find or create an image and write an ekphrastic
poem about pilgrimage, wandering, or walkabout to it.
REVISIT TO READ
I love the image and the playfulness of the poem.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Nolcha
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This is a lovely read to read out loud to young ears...well done Gillena..
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Your chair awaits.
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by Ken
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Lovely poem in response to the image.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Arcadia
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Wonderful poem, Gillena. I love your creativity on this.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Dwight
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I like the repetition in this poem, Gillena, and surrealism of the wandering chair, and especially:
ReplyDelete‘The emptiness, the aloofness;
A chair without a table, resting now,
A chair without a sitter’.
Thank you for your appreciation Kim
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I guess everything matters in the end and every step furthers our pilgrimage. A nice, somewhat abstract, creative poem. - OP
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Wow! I enjoyed your creative take, Gillena. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Kitty
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Excellent ekphrastic, Gillena! Cohesive and insightful. My favorite line:
ReplyDelete"For what are spaces for,
If not to delete a void."
Thank you for your appreciation Lisa
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Just beautiful!! The poetry and the artwork is truly wonderful!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Kym
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What a lovely ekphrastic poem, Gillena! 💙
ReplyDeleteThank you for your appreciation Punam
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Gillena, The refrain works beautifully, resonating in the mind with its wisdom.
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