Tuesday, April 17, 2018

The Room



This room is the
summation of a
long sojourn
A travelling to 
distant shores
The lost arc
never found

The artefacts are
rich with the energy
of reserve and bush
desert and barren plain
Horizons which
stretch forever
enclosing
the known and the
unknown

This small place is
a period at the end
of a sentence

A warm enclosure
for old memories
and dreams


Ellecee




Inspired by the painting by Wassily Kandinsky
Today's prompt from

imaginary garden with real toads

for


13 comments:

  1. Some excellent lines, LC. Your opening sets up the metaphor very well and I liked:

    Horizons which
    stretch forever
    enclosing
    the known and the
    unknown

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  2. Rich with imagery...especially like the last stanza.

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  3. a period at the end of a sentence. It's nice when the end is one of comfort.

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  4. This small place is
    a period at the end
    of a sentence


    .... that really just works so powerfully well - on so many levels ....


    .... in fact, the more times I read this, the more I really like it - and for me, the poem actually ends here .... but that's just a personal favoritism.

    yes, a journey, on all kinds of levels ~ how interesting - and I like the image you've chosen, reminds me of Van Gogh's room too.

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  5. Beautiful!💜 You have brought the room to life with rich tone and imagery! Love "Horizons which stretch forever enclosing the known and the unknown."💜

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  6. Looking at the picture, I wonder if Kandinsky was short-sighted, Ellecee! Unlike your poem, which has clarity and depth. You've taken the colours and turned them into 'reserve and bush / desert and barren plain / Horizons which / stretch forever. I also love the lines:
    'This small place is
    a period at the end
    of a sentence'.

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  7. Nice symbols for rest and pause. Makes the painting come alive

    much love...

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  8. Sounds very cozy, and it makes me want to live in the painting!

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  9. Great poem. 'This small place is a period at the end of a sentence'. Such an excellent line. What a home or a room should be.

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  10. I like for the room to be a  warm enclosure for old memories and dreams." Mine certainly is, if only I could find things there.
    ..

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  11. This small place is a period at the end of a sentence.. love that!!

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  12. Lovely writing which really does fit the painting.

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