falling down
like water–
to begin again,
cross over–
like water
waiting to be
crossed over,
awakening.
waiting to be
encircled,
awakening,
drowning in flowers,
encircled
in dreams,
drowning in flowers–
fix the bridge–
in dreams
we begin again–
fix the bridge
falling down
De provided the word “fix” for our quadrille prompt at dVerse.
I wanted to see if I could do a pantoum in just 44 words.
And you met your challenge 🙂 Wonderful art to go with your vibrant pantoum.
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Thanks Jade. Inspiration from Matisse,
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Matisse one of my favorites! I have a print of one of his paintings (nude with white turban.)
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He was so good with color.
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Good observation: “in dreams
we begin again–”
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Thanjs Frank.
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kaykuala
in dreams
we begin again–
fix the bridge
How nice when things can be fixed again which in real life may turn out to be horrors!
Hank
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We can make things better…but will we?
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Nicely done with the extra pantoum challenge.
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Thanks. The quadrille is fun to play with.
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Very nicely done! Love the art work… Sometimes dreams are where bridgebuilding begins!
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I think that’s true Dwight. I felt the need to work with the colors of spring for a change.
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Wonderful!
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In dream we do indeed have a chance to begin again. Wonderful job with the form.
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Thanjs. We need to hang on to those dreams.
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A mixed collage to match your mixed pantoum-quadrille. Kerfe! I love both, especially the way the pantoum cascades like a little waterfall. The use of the continuous verbs ‘waiting… awakening… drowning’ gives the feeling of being suspended or buoyed up until ‘drowning in flowers’ in the following stanza.
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Thanks Kim. I love repeating forms, and I do think they often invoke the flow of water.
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This is beautiful, a difficult form you mastered.
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Thanks Helen.
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I love the thought of dreams to fix the bridges….
It’s good to sleep on things.
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It is indeed. Thanks Bjorn.
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You succeeded beautifully here. Excellent poem!
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Thank you!
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That’s a fabulous colourful collage… !
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Thanks Evelyn.
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