One Single Impression offers:
Thanks to Edward S. Gault of Forest River Journal for this week's prompt of folly.
I always thought of folly as a silliness or a temporary departure from rational thought but Wikipedia defines it in a slightly different fashion and one which I found rather fun.
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eye-catcher
not what it appears
full folly
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odd building
designed to deceive
novelty
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architect's
castle in wet sand
folly plan
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Treehouse of the August Moon, Original Watercolor by Sue
poetry watercolor
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16 comments:
Folly....holly, jolly....I had a hard time taking the word seriously at first, too. I also enjoyed the surprising meanings.
Thanks for these.
Sue, your poems are wonderful, I really like the first. Folly does sound like it should be fun and humorous. The watercolor is fantastic.
Sue, bet you and I are the only ones who went with this definition... Ha! :)
Castle in wet sand - love it!
What a wonderful collection in response to the prompt. I love your watercolor too.
Always a pleasure
Love these powerful, fragmented perspectives!
Incredible, what a prompt can do for you - and in this case what you can do with it! The haiku are fine, but I really go for the watercolour.
I like the thoughts.
:D
yellowed piece of paper
Your watercolor is amazing, I love it! I'd like to see a larger size of your paintings, perhaps you could do that another time, to really see the detail.
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"the sense of fun or light-heartedness, not in the sense of something ill-advised"-[wikipedia]
" its eccentricity meant to please"-(maryt)_"Folly....holly, jolly.."(sandy carlson)_"folly?golly no!(raven)_
"a temporary departure from rational thought"(tumblewords)~and ur own subtle verse with a
Treehouse of the August Moon~and one word ~folly-the fun of Poetry~a reason to read..many thanks..
Always a delight.
Happy New Moon.
Sherry
I like the last best, the folly is not permanent.
Love the watercolor, Sue.
Wonderful poem, Sue. You really are a great poet.
I have been very ill spending the month of July in hospital. Still recovering.
I am afraid I am a bit rusty but your beautiful haiku's always show me the way.
Glad to read your work once more.
love, Melanie
An odd word. You've done well. No folly here!
I enjoyed each of your haiku. Interesting how great minds think alike. I went with the Wikipedia definition & illustrations at Small Reflections … and something different at Sacred Ruminations last Wednesday (I think). My OSI Week 23: Folly posts can be found here and here.
A question: How do you get the 'search link' on your blog?
Hugs and blessings,
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