Underneath the skies of this white heaven
marionettes dance
dip and bow
crawl
mount a lampost
scare the children
Seagulls on sticks stalk
jellyfish catchers
catch them unawares
the children’s faces
glittering, are painted
At the bar, a hen-night princess
appears as a mirage
or haze of nylon taffeta
and disappears into a fruited cider
where would-be princesses admire her
captures her knight-errant, entombs him in a castle tower
Underneath the skies of this white heaven
I see your eyes
in the colour and cast of this blue-agate sea
send messages in bottles, binary
upon the tide-swell daydreams dazzle
digitally
daring
to
fly
free
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Linking to earthweal’s weekly challenge, ‘Wild Stillness:’ I hope this piece fits the bill, as a series of stills, wherein human nature dances with the supernatural…
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Gorgeous piece, Ingrid. Love the imagery. Beautifully expressed.💕
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Thank you Grace 🙏💕
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My pleasure 💕
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Lovely poetry, photography and the video song is one of the good ones!
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Thanks Francisco 😊
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You’re very welcome 😊
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A photographic treasure!
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Thanks Nick: still keepin it rill!
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Lovely post, Ingrid…so filled whimsey, magic, and joy! :) Have a great week! <3
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Thank you so much, Cheryl! You too ❤️
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A well picturised poem.
Here’s my favourite part:
“send messages in bottles, binary
upon the tide-swell daydreams dazzle
digitally
daring
to
fly
free”
Thank you sharing.😊
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My pleasure Lokesh!
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Beautiful images, Ingrid– in words and photos, too.
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Thank you Merril 😊
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You’re welcome, Ingrid.
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Loving the lyrical nature of this poem; the way it moves and the way the imagery dances!
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Thank you Jaya 💃
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Lovely piece Ingrid. I too enjoyed the photographs. I wasn’t familiar with the song. Thanks. Sending blessings to you and your sweet family. ❤️🦋🤗
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I am glad you enjoyed this, Joni: thank you! 🤗
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You are very welcome. ❤️
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Beautiful, Ingrid.
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Thanks Jeff 😊
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Sounds heavenly indeed. (K)
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Thank you Kerfe
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Maybe stillness is one of those places where the veil is thin — if we behold long enough the singular, all the sublime gates start widening. And stillness is everywhere – the eye slides through the stanzas, each another rapt Thing to behold.
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Thank you, Brendan – the images seemed to write themselves.
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From opening line to the uplifting flying free at its close, this poem made me deeply happy.
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This makes me deeply happy, Sherry, thank you!
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Like the images here, Ingrid, particularly that hen night princess!
JIM
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Thank you, JIM – she was a vision!
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A real sense of immediacy, of being there, in this poem, Ingrid. Love ‘blue-agate sea.” and the captive knights. The characters are vivid and alive and yet there is also a stillness in that capture of them as you suggest in your notes. Thanks for the trip to a another land–I need some sparkle and life under the white heavens, which here are an unalloyed, burning blue of shimmering heat.
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Thank you so much, Hedgewitch! The unalloyed burning blue sounds quite enticing to me…
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This is beautiful Ingrid — it has a magical soul… 🙂✌🏼❤️
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I am glad you like it, thanks Rob!
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such beautiful imagery as I wander off to slumberland Ingrid1! 💖💖
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Sweet dreams 😴💕
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Mesmerized, letting the words carry me, which might’ve taught me to feel poetry for the first time!
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Thank you so much!
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What a delightful account of the magic of the sun on the sea in the summer time. Daydreams that dare us to be free are the best kind.
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Thank you Suzanne!
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So much possibility in this more real land, shoud we only notice. I enjoy so much the glimpses this poem provides!
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Thank you, Susan: it’s all out there!
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This is so lyrical and full of imagery and delight. I’m loving the message in a bottle with a joyful Playful feel Ingrid! 💕
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Thanks Cindy: it was a fun day out! 💖
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So lovely to hear that Ingrid! 💖💖
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