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

Friday, February 18, 2011

lubricious-men-frogs-and-loons big tent poetry #41- what's in a name

A flock of loons glide low
across the lake
I am mesmerized

Wishing to spread my wings
joining them on their journey
A loon lags behind
so I may touch its wings
to feel the sensation
of freedom
Morphed
we may
become
one
Men and Aves

As he picks up incline
joining the others
in their path
leaving me behind with
silent frogs dancing
in the grass

34 comments:

  1. Magical and whimsical. I enjoyed this one . . . especially the ending. Silent frogs dancing in the grass. Great imagery.

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  2. I love where your imagination took you here.

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  3. I found this a beautiful image, and we dream....and we touch...we fly!

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  4. Loons and frogs... flying and dancing - wonderful contrasts, Pamela.

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  5. You really have such a good ear for language!

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  6. nan thanks and I know this title is
    strange, but I could see me writing
    more poems to fit it.

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  7. Viv, for me writing is much
    of my imagination. I tend to stay
    away from real life situations.

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  8. To be able to fly, Annell, would be a
    wonderful thing.

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  9. Twitches, that is a very nice thing to say.

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  10. I don't know why I felt so sad at the end. and I did. Left alone with frogs. My lips droop at the thought. I imagine myself coming alongside you, stroking your hair, offering you some warm tea to sip.

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  11. I always hear a symphony when I read your poetry! Each time, there's a new, undiscovered movement - and each is a treat. -a silent frog, dancing in the grass...

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  12. A wonderful trajectory to follow, Pamela. I love how frogs appear unexpectedly.

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  13. Reminds me of the Metamorphoses by Ovid, very nice. :)

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  14. Very nice. I especially liked the silent frogs, etc. ending!

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  15. I enjoyed this poem - really felt almost part of the flock, for a moment.
    Thanks.
    Matthew

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  16. I'm thinking this will be one heck of a book!!

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  17. The birdlady of the lake?

    I like the idea of a book of morphings. Okay, you wouldn't stick to just that aspect, but that's where it takes me.

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  18. Thanks for the trip. And I picked up a word (I didn't know) along the way.

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  19. I know that feeling! Great poem

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  20. Love those frogs at the end - and that would certainly be a title that would catch the eye in a bookstore!

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  21. Thanks Joseph, that is exactly what I was thinking;)

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  22. Thanks Susan, it is a title I used
    during RWP.

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  23. Rethabile, which word was that?
    Thanks for commenting.

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  24. Donna, I believe you're right,
    folks would wonder.

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