Thursday, July 18, 2024

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 [art of Alma Thomas]
Focus - a Fold poem
Since today her focus is spot on,
Camera clicks, a memory frozen,
When her child was born
Back then she didn't own a camera ;
Not so now, her focus is spot on,
Time must bow at her feet
So swiftly yesterday is gone
With sunshine brightly at day then
Moon in her shapely goings on
Allows the stolen light to shine
Freezing time, her focus is spot on,
© gillena cox 2024

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How to construct The Fold Poem HERE
and HERE


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21 comments:

  1. paeansunpluggedJuly 18, 2024 at 12:25 PM

    What a lovely write, Gillena! It is spot on. 💙

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  2. Gillena CoxJuly 18, 2024 at 3:25 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Punam

    much♡love

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  3. Sanaa RizviJuly 18, 2024 at 5:33 PM

    Such a stellar fold poem, Gillena! I love; "So swiftly yesterday is gone/With sunshine brightly at day then/Moon in her shapely goings on." 💖💖

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  4. Gillena CoxJuly 18, 2024 at 5:48 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Sanaa

    much♡love

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  5. Ken / rivrvlogrJuly 18, 2024 at 7:52 PM

    Oh, to have a photographic memory!

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  6. Kim M. RussellJuly 19, 2024 at 4:07 AM

    I love your fold poem, Gillena, enjoyed the recording and look forward to hearing you read it live on Saturday. I like the contrast between a memory before owning a camera and taking a photo. You captured the focus well. These lines stand out for me:
    ‘So swiftly yesterday is gone
    With sunshine brightly at day then
    Moon in her shapely goings on
    Allows the stolen light to shine
    Freezing time’.

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  7. Frewin55July 19, 2024 at 5:51 AM

    Now that we have digital cameras, there is no limit to the number of pictures we can snap at no apparent cost and yet how much time do we spend looking at the results, how many do we NOT show to family and friends and so I feel the act of taking a photograph is itself, the marking of that which we intend to remember and the creation of a prompt in the event we forget - which I think is what your wonderful fold describes, Gillena...

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  8. kittysversesJuly 19, 2024 at 9:01 AM

    I enjoyed your fold poem, Gillena, and much so the fact that the form was created by you. Kudos! Will try it sometime, thanks for presenting this form. :)

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  9. Gillena CoxJuly 19, 2024 at 9:18 AM

    Thanks for your appreciation Kitty

    much♡love

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  10. Merril D. SmithJuly 20, 2024 at 11:21 AM

    A lovely poem, Gillena! 💙 And it was great to hear you read the other poem today!

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  11. Gillena CoxJuly 20, 2024 at 4:42 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Merril

    much♡love

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  12. purplepeninportland.comJuly 20, 2024 at 8:39 PM

    I love this poem, Gillena!

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  13. GraceJuly 21, 2024 at 12:46 PM

    Focus is indeed spot on. Love the fold poem and the theme of capturing the present time with camera. One of the good things with technology.

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  14. Gillena CoxJuly 21, 2024 at 1:14 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Grace

    much♡love

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  15. DoraJuly 22, 2024 at 1:37 PM

    Oh my, Gillena! Stunning lines, especially the last three, which are "spot on"!! Your words are a wonderful complement to the art. I loved it. 😍

    "Moon in her shapely goings on
    Allows the stolen light to shine
    Freezing time, her focus is spot on," Wow!

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  16. Gillena CoxJuly 22, 2024 at 4:34 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Dora

    much♡love

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  17. shaun/tenzenmenAugust 5, 2024 at 1:48 AM

    A nice write and interesting form to try one day.

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  18. Melissa LemayAugust 12, 2024 at 6:00 PM

    Oh, I love this. Thank you for writing to the prompt. Did you read it? I overslept for OLN last time. I hadn't read this, yet I wrote a poem the other day about taking pictures of my children, trying to freeze time.❤

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