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Thursday, 1 March 2007

Precious

A luminous roundness
subtle swirls in blue and green
draped with wispy veils of white
set against a backdrop of black
emptiness.



I've written another poem about something beautiful on my Alter Ego blog here.

Beauty for Poetry Thursday

29 comments:

  1. Oh yes, it's very precious isn't it - unique, in fact. Off to check your other blog now.

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  2. Anonymous9:20 am

    Fireworks?

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  3. Anonymous9:37 am

    Beautiful. I see the Earth from orbit. Such a fragile marble in the darkness of space.

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  4. I love the poem and tried hard to figure it out and then I read Brian's comment and totally agree. Earth seems right. I am glad my idea was workable.

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  5. Very cool! Nice use of the prompt.

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  6. Juliet,
    Well done girl!
    Our oasis.
    rel

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  7. Good job with the prompt! I think you nailed it!

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  8. Anonymous4:44 pm

    Yes, the Earth. Good job!

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  9. It makes me think of the ocean at night. Very pretty imagery.

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  10. Love this beautiful description of the earth--I felt that it was this like those before me..."veils of white"--what a perfect vision of clouds.
    Love,
    D.

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  11. The big blue marble, as it were... just lovely! And well done!

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  12. I LOVED it! I thought of the moon but earth is even better ;)

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  13. I'm thinking of the photos I've seen of the earth with the halo of the atmosphere. Very lovely--both here and the alter-ego.

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  14. Precious, indeed. Lovely poem!

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  15. Very haiku like -- if it is the earth, this is a beautiful description of it.

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  16. Come on, Brian, I was going to say the earth lol. Great little poem, CGP

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  17. Come on, Brian, I was going to say the earth lol. Great little poem, CGP

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  18. very beautiful...I like its shortness...how it capitalizes on one image

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  19. Wonderful. This is a beautiful picture.

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  20. Anonymous7:36 pm

    very vortex; can that be a word?

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  21. Reading this made me quite happy.

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  22. Anonymous9:03 pm

    The ocean! Even if it isn't, this is the perfect description of the ocean. Very nice, love the sounds.

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  23. Magnificent. Short and to the point. The qualities of good art, and of a possible message that could get through the thick skulls of those destroying the planet.

    Good job.

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  24. This was so visual. Even when I wasn't sure, at first, I could envision something from the natural world.

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  25. So visual and beautiful. Mine is finally written. Took awhile.

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  26. Yes its the earth as seen from orbit. Though guatami seeing it a spearl is interesting because I was also thinking of the earth as a precious stone (hence the title I guess)

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  27. Wonderful description! It's easy to picture :o)

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  28. Love the previous comments. I first thought of an eye ... but the iris is not quite a backdrop :)
    Lovely, JP

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