"Life is the dancer and you are the dance."
— Eckhart Tolle

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Waves, Dulcet Sounds writer's island # 22 - visual prompt


 Flightless bound to the earth
caught in a paradox
Dulcet sound of a cello
through horizons of mixed hues
Barbwire fences keep her on
the edge of a shore …
music is solemn in its lone chord
Waves move closer;
she shares her wing,
but not gratefully
You wait for a melody
Visits are lonesome brevity
Posted by flaubert at 5:34 PM

21 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 28, 2011 at 5:47 PM

    LOVE the line "Visits are lonesome brevity"

    Nice response to the picture. Mine is here:

    love's serenade

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  2. flaubertMay 28, 2011 at 6:36 PM

    Thanks Paula, loved your haiku. Oh, and those process notes, too.

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  3. ireneMay 28, 2011 at 8:55 PM

    Flightless bound to the earth
    caught in a paradox

    seems to capture the mood. Well said!

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  4. lucychiliMay 28, 2011 at 10:08 PM

    yes it looks lonesome

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  5. kaykualaMay 29, 2011 at 3:06 AM

    Pamela,
    'Barbwire fences keep her on the edge of the shore'. That is brilliant. I couldn't have come up with such an imagination.

    Hank

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  6. flaubertMay 29, 2011 at 3:13 AM

    Thanks Irene, this was not an easy image to write to.

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  7. flaubertMay 29, 2011 at 3:14 AM

    Yes, Janet. I agree.

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  8. flaubertMay 29, 2011 at 3:15 AM

    Thanks Hank:)

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  9. anthonynorthMay 29, 2011 at 4:37 AM

    A great mood, and some excellent lines here.

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  10. Brian MillerMay 29, 2011 at 6:42 AM

    nice...i wonder if the barb wire is of her own making or that of another...

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  11. MaryMay 29, 2011 at 7:41 AM

    This is lovely, Pamela. I really couldn't get into this image, but you found a way to express it!

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  12. AnonymousMay 29, 2011 at 8:45 AM

    You're a clever girl, Pamela: a beautiful realisation of what was such a difficult and complex image.

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  13. flaubertMay 29, 2011 at 12:41 PM

    Thanks Anthony. Not an easy image to write to.

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  14. flaubertMay 29, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    I'd say another, Brian, but then that is purely my imagination.

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  15. flaubertMay 29, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    Mary, it wasn't all that simple. Thanks.

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  16. flaubertMay 29, 2011 at 12:43 PM

    Viv, I believe this was my third or fourth re-write to this image.

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  17. Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis HallMay 29, 2011 at 4:20 PM

    this one truly stands out.
    precise words.
    insightful spirits.

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  18. Dave KingMay 30, 2011 at 5:21 AM

    Ah, you made it two for the price of one. I didn't think of that, maybe I should have!

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  19. AnonymousMay 30, 2011 at 5:19 PM

    The earthbound makes me think, again (Viv wrote on her, I believe) of Jacqueline du Pre. Her life was cut short by MS; she was, for me, one of the greatest cellists the world has ever known. So the gorgeous but tethered woman and the cello in the image fit perfectly. Loved this. Amy
    http://sharplittlepencil.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/twilight-ablaze/

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  20. ninotazizMay 31, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    Dear Pamela,
    We rewrite until we see the words that mirror our thoughts exactly. Then someone comes along, and the words leap from the page as if they were branded there for all time...

    That's how I felt when I read this...

    Saw your comment about Niagara Falls on Sir Hank's blog. Left me wondering, did we ever pass by each other there?

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  21. Mike PatrickMay 31, 2011 at 3:34 PM

    You are in a blue period, perhaps the end of the school year, but you wield it like a velvet club.

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