Charis, Lake Ediza, California, 1937 by Edward Weston
Lips unmoving,
there's too little to say.
With feet propped on stone,
a new kind of cold.
Ice sheets below,
where silence pervades
And against this wall
a soul waits, unfazed.
Girded for war,
but heaving to be free
Why bother to blink,
with one's heart frozen shut?
Now once more, please,
and relax this time.
Then ready a fire
for the photographer's wife.
~a bit of poetry I wrote for Mag 142
20 comments:
... one of my favorites this week!!
Wow, thanks so much, Helen!
Beautiful words! Love the photograph too, she does have a certain "resigned" look doesn't she? :)
Excellent. Verses 4 and 5 are
profound.
A sweet bit of words you wrote- for artist and his wife. Very fitting for this prompt! Nicely laid out.
Very perceptive - and rather moving...
Thanks, Bavarian! And I thought the same about the look on her face.
Berowne, Karen S., and Shauna--I really appreciate your helpful and affirming thoughts!
I really like the "heaving to be free". Nicely done.
'Why bother to blink....' that's a cool line, that is!
Why bother to blink,
with one's heart frozen shut?
Excellent write.
Kat and Helena, glad you liked those lines.
Tess, thanks so much!
Oh, yes, start the fire. Very nice!
Terrific photo and your writing is beautiful! Now I am going to check out your other posts on some of my past travel destinations.
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"Does this photo make my butt look big?" Sorry - it just struck me funny.
OK - on more serious note. I love your poem.
I love the photo and the poem is absolutely amazing. You're extraordinarily talented :)
T, Ann-Marie, Relyn, and Optimistic Existentialist--I very much appreciate your comments; sorry it has taken me this long to respond!
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