Sunday whirl…a vintage feel
Not sure why but this weekβs words had a vintage feel. So I stuck them in a silent movie…as you do.
Then I grabbed my favorite victim model and there you are. π
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chimes, scattered, mirror, skirted, raw, mist,
straw, scale, vast, curved, edge, tattered
sometimes I feel like an old silent movie where a faint piano is tinkling tunes
words and occasional splotches of colour flutter on the screen
yellow and brown splotches like scattered straw ticking thru the fan
Iβm gloriously out of focus, smooth and clean and white
βShall we?β he asks me moving lips with nothing to say
and the piano chimes and I can feel my resolve wearing thin
thin like the air at ten thousand feet
thin like the mirror of ice on the pond when the water has warmed to air temperature and all the magical mist has disappeared
thin like the busboy hiding behind the theatre with his cigarette, sniffing a couple of times, raw in the cold
I smooth my full-skirted gown and the moment is curved around us
the world revolves on this scale, round and round and quiet and still and I forget daylight ever existed
until the tattered edge of the end of the movie begins flapping madly in the vast space
Marrianna
Wow, these B&W images are awesome! I also love your words/poetry. Great job of storytelling. I’m the new follower from the Grow Your Blog Party and am already glad I made the decision to follow your blog via email. You are GREAT. Have a great Sunday.
Veronica
Hi Marrianna, thank you so much. π I decided on the photography at about 8pm last night and asked Chloe to please model and dragged her into the cold studio in a little black dress…lol. I guess that’s a sign of how much my child loves me. π Have you entered my giveaway? I hope you do.
Lara Schiffbauer
I love “the world curved around us” It’s so apt a description! Lovely poetry. π
Veronica
Hi Lara, thank you so much. I loved that feeling of closing in on/around; that promise in the sentence. π
Raina
I love your post today, I love the gorgeous piece of bling…and the photos – divine!
Veronica
Thank you Raina, I love the bling too…really have to stop collecting it. π On second thought, there’s probably room for more. π
Becca Lou
Hi, thanks for stopping by my blog an directing me over to you. I love your photos but can really connect with your thoughtful words. I completely get your post on love, you just don’t get it till you’re a mum. Looking forward to coming back again soon. B
Veronica
Hi Becca, I’m so glad you stopped by. Thank you so much. I’ll pop by your place and see you soon. π
Laurie Kolp
One of my favorites of yours, Veronica!
Veronica
Thank you so much Laurie. Just this morning I was telling Robert that I feel this style, these poems are becoming easier and I feel I’m getting better at the smoothness without that tripping, chunky feeling some of the words cause. I’m still too stuborn to change a word or leave one out (although I did change a tense in last week’s and once I couldn’t manage one of the words).
Laurie Kolp
Your welcome. I love using word lists as inspiration.
Pamela
What a lovely delicate feel this has, Veronica. Nicely whirled. I think you should be putting your link in Mister Linky, that is why I couldn’t find you. Nonetheless, I found you π
Veronica
Oh Pamela, thanks so much for pointing the Mr Linky out! I didn’t even realise it was there and here I’ve been writing the whirls for about a year now. I just thought that people don’t bother to read mine. π What am I like?
J Cosmo Newbery
Beautifully done! I oved all the images (oh dear, what does that say about my age?) but especially the repetition of thin.
Veronica
Ha, probably as old as I am then Cosmo. Shall we waltz? π
brenda w
I like your exploration of your resolve wearing thin… thin like the… Nicely done!
Veronica
Thank you Brenda. π I think I commented on some other whirler’s poems, I love the repeating words and themes thru the lines. Most pleasing.