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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Broken for Magpie Tales

Willow of Magpie Tales offers the following image for the weekly prompt!


Broken

one moonless night
the train of her dream
crosses a thin threshold

without warning
tracks to the rim of space ~
steams into the wrinkle

puffs of powder
sigh from the broken shape
of collapsing worlds

the clouds grow quiet
under the moody chords
of the mourning dove


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38 comments:

ana said...

"puffs of powder
sigh from the broken shape
of collapsing worlds"

I love this.

Paul C said...

The train of her dream... pensive, mystical.

Mary said...

Your poem has an air of mystery about it. Lovely imagery.

kathi harris said...

U cd make a story out of this.

Anonymous said...

I did enjoy this

Lyn said...

One enters a wonderful dream...well done!

Diane T said...

A radiant and inexlicable poem. Beautiful!

christine said...

Beautiful word pictures, I loved the puffs of powder and collapsing words..

Ralf Bröker said...

Strong images, great sound in these verse.

Best wishes
Ralf

Anonymous said...

Wow, I love this, mysterious, mystic, the unexpectedness and sadness of collapsing worlds... Wonderfully written.

JeffScape said...

Intriguing. Like a light that's not at the end of the tunnel.

Very nice.

Kathe W. said...

what images I see. Great Magpie

Anonymous said...

Haunting images - I especially enjoyed the last three lines

Gabriela Abalo said...

great imaginary! powerful poem

:)

Unknown said...

you make crossing over sound so beautiful, romantic...

lovely

Tess Kincaid said...

I've always loved that wonderful haunting coo of the mourning dove.

spacedlaw said...

So enchanting.

Doctor FTSE said...

Very complex imagery. Very thoughful and thought provoking.

Annie Jeffries said...

Tumble, you are an absolute master and stringing together a series of haikus to create lush poetry. I love the imagery here. You have created so much from a simple cracked stone.

annell4 said...

A nice write! Thanks

Anonymous said...

Love the wordplay here. Second stanza is ridiculously good. Love and Light, Sender

Carrie Van Horn said...

Truly a captivating poem Tumblewords....i love it! :-)

Martin said...

Dramatic imagery. I liked it, a lot.

Helena said...

How DO you do it...!? Tumble, you always amaze me with your posts.

Brian Miller said...

brilliant word play and imagery...worlds collapsing...nice...

Abhilasha-The Desire said...

Loved the puffs of powder and collasping words...brilliant as always..

Amanda Moore said...

I liked how this builds up... then at the ends it calms an emotional roller coaster!

The Blog of Bee said...

'moody chords of the mourning dove' - wonderful words.

Mysterious leaving one wanting more.........

(PS - thank you for visiting)

Lyn said...

Lovely..creates a subtly mysterious mood..moves like an elusive dream...

Lydia said...

This was really beautiful!

Kathe W. said...

oh so mysterious-love the moody chords of the mourning dove

Myrna R. said...

Lovely, so soft an mysterious.

Angie Muresan said...

Your choice of words evoke mysteries unsolved. Beautiful Magpie.

Reflections said...

A mystical feel, yet the power of the train... strength to the gentleness of the mourning dove. Nice!

Caty said...

full of wonderful imagery...loved reading this

Karen S said...

This is beautiful -- the images are just wonderful.

Helen said...

Deep and full of power ... well done!

~T~ said...

So atmospheric! Lovely.