Wednesday, August 10, 2011

In Tandem #5 - Golden Heart


Soft caress
a kiss of wind drifts 
gently 'cross mountain pass
Down the valley
to the forest floor

Lo, the hot breeze 
drives in without forgiveness.
Fresh leaves, but a memory
swept away by
Autumn promises

Now parched images
all that is left of you
as sun sets steady
behind the bulk
of your memory

I draw your lines
hold your visions strong in mind,
yet I am too small
to ever spy the
golden heart that was you

...

M'lady Jinksy
holds a weekly prompt
by the name of In Tandem.
Here,
I showcase one of her beautiful paintings
and make attempt to capture her art
in words.
If you are interested,
every week she posts 2 pictures
on Wednesday
and leaves a link open for the week
for inspiration to flow
amongst others.
Enjoy!

14 comments:

  1. smiles. lovely to see your long form poetry again...a bit of a painful read, ringing of loss...

    jinksy has some cool stuff going on in tandem...

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  2. Bless! You certainly captured the feel of this one with your words. Thank you so much for helping to pedal the tandem - it's an uphill ride! LOL ♥

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  3. It started gently and ended so sadly.

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  4. 'Parched images'! A lovely phrase.

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  5. Ooh, that's a beautiful interpretation of the image.

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  6. This is beautiful, especially this:
    Now parched images
    all that is left of you
    as sun sets steady
    behind the bulk
    of your memory.

    Thanks or sharing.
    Anna :)

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  7. @Brian: There have been many a haiku recently, hasn't there been. Ah well. And yes, I am glad to have finally snuck over to Jinsky's place. :)

    @Jinksy: Well, there's the bell of the ball herself! I hope to do some kind of justice to your beautiful artwork. I will try to stop back again. Thank you for the head's up on moving day too!

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  8. @Jabblog: sometimes these things happen, I guess. Thanks for dropping in!

    @Rinkly Rhymes: Thank you. I appreciate your kindness.

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  9. @vivinfrance: Nice to meet you viv! The image was beautiful brought just looked so dry with its movements.

    @SG: Thank you. :)

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  10. @doctor FTSE: I tried to capture the feel that Jinksy created. It was beautiful, but it led me to a solemn place. Thank you for stopping in DR

    @LivinginAurora.ca: Hi Anna. I always appreciate when you stop by with your kind words. Thank you. What's going on in Aurora this weekend?

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  11. Lovely poem. The "golden heart" seems to offer relief to the sadness of the "hot breeze without forgiveness".

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