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

Friday, November 5, 2010

"In a dream" big tent poetry #27 borrow a line from a fellow poet

I have experienced the
taste of sun silver rain,
with droplets as big as the stars.

In apocalyptic dreams,
mounds of goldenrod studded with ironweed,
climbed the walls looking for release.

I roamed the land for berries,
that were not poisoned.
Clawing and digging in dry earth,
my nails caked with the grime of passing years.

A rain of fire and ice has begun,
It wasn’t a sight anyone expected to see.


Process notes:
“taste of sun silver rain” Sherri
“mounds of goldenrod studded with ironweed” Barb
“It wasn’t a sight anyone expected to see” Nan

21 comments:

  1. Very clever to use THREE lines from other poets so effectively, Pamela!

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  2. What an interesting concept.
    (Steal from the best!)

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  3. This sounds like the ultimate climate change disaster. Beautiful words.

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  4. Mary,
    Thanks. I found those three lines fit together well.
    Pamela

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  5. Eric,
    Thanks and it was an interesting prompt.
    Pamela

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  6. Viv,
    It is a bit like that. Thanks.
    Pamela

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  7. You created a really interesting poem, and used the borrowed lines in your own way - perfectly.

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  8. I liked everything about this - a great job of incorporating the three borrowed lines.

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  9. Thanks nan and thanks for the line.
    Pamela

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  10. Thanks Ruth. We had some great lines to pick from.
    Pamela

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  11. dynamic writing.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  12. Love the lines you selected and made your own because of your interweaving.

    Like the mood, the ideas.

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  13. Thanks Deb. I enjoy the prompts over at the big tent. I am so behind on reading everyone's poems.
    Pamela

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  14. beautiful compilation of everyone's thoughts, I believe the third stanza is the one that really caught my eye tho! Great writing!

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  15. Amanda,
    Thanks, there were some great lines to pick from.
    Pamela

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