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Art, Artist, Inanimate, Life, Lifelessness, Magpie Tales, Metaphorical, Molded, Pose, Relationship, Sadness, Sculpture
Image Credits: Tess Kincaid @ Magpie Tales
Fused in stone
Sometimes ceramic
Cold to the bone
And a touch metallic
Suppressing a groan
In manners emphatic
Our sins we condone
In an air too static
Frozen in embrace
Under a thorny tomb
Like a tepid womb
For muted disgrace
Like in a locked fortress
That is set on fire
We essay to digress
From a surging desire
While in this process
As events transpire
We’re thrown in a recess
Of life’s quagmire
Yet, silently we hope
To some day break free
To emerge and see
And no longer grope
** Posted for Magpie Tales – Week 47… Do check it out for the other amazing takes on this picture prompt… **
Wonderful write, Kay…and I particularly like the word “Quagmire.”
Happy New Year,
Cheers!
Aww.. thank you so much, Em… Glad you liked this write!
A very Happy New Year to you as well, my friend..
Take care..
Nice… (can’t say anything more witty)
hehehe.. you don’t need to, KN! “Nice” is good enough for me..
Thanks! 🙂
Nice post ..
Thanks a bunch!
We’re thrown in a recess
Of life’s quagmire — very nice!
Happy New Year, Kavita!
A very happy new year to you too, sweetie!! 🙂
As for life’s quagmires, well well well… we WILL swim outta those! )
Cheers to life, and to us all!
Thanks for the kind words, Neha.. glad you enjoyed this one..
Powerful writing…
Aw..thanks a bunch, Berowne!! Glad you liked this piece..
life runs on hope … beautifully expressed…
loved the rhymes and the flow
thank you so much, Raji… so glad you liked this one!!
xoxoxo
Fused. Frozen. Locked. The essence of the sculpture captured so well, Kavita!
Thanks, Nino! Glad you liked the essence of the poem so much!
xoxoxo
So nice Kavita. I like the way this flows. It brings out a strange feeling for me- a sort of discomfort in the sculpture of life. I like your choice of words too.
That’s exactly how I wanted it to be, Myrna… After all, life does pose its not-so-comfy moments too… no? I just wanted to bring it out here, via this poem…
Glad you liked this one, my friend.. thanks for your insightful words here… much appreciated!
“Our sins we condone/In an air too static” Yes, this is true. I love the way you handled this, kavita: the tension and the beauty. Well done!
Ohh…thanks, DS! You are sweet!! I am humbled by your kind words here…
I am glad you enjoyed the picture I’ve painted in this poem…
Have a great weekend, my dear..
You captured the essence of the image beautifully …
I am very glad you think so, Helen.. thanks a ton for the kind words!! It really means a lot to me!
xoxoxo
Very nice usage of words..
The last three lines are wonderful.. 🙂
Aww… you are consistently so sweet to me, Sumit.. thank you so much!!
I am very happy you liked this poem so much!
May this new year bring you loadsa love, success, peace and freedom like never before!
xoxo
The three elements (title, photograph, and poem) work so very well together to express the desire to break free and finally be free of the confusion of life…well said.
Thanks a bunch, Charles.. I guess we will alwyas see ourselves as “bound” in some way or the other.. and so, when we see objects that remind us or ourselves, we end writing all about freedom or imprisonment.. heheh
Glad you liked this piece, my friend..
Have a great weekend!
Nice rhyming patterns here. Love the word “quagmire”. Well done, K.
heheh.. thanks a bunch, Tess!! I guess we are all thrown into these quagmire once in a while.. no wonder, I found myself using it here in this poem! 🙂
Glad you liked it, my friend…
Till we emerge and se… I guessy ou have envisioned a shole lot already. This is magnifique!
hehehe… I am not sure how much I have envisioned already, but I am pretty sure there’s a lot more to see 🙂
Glad you liked this poem so much, Dulce!!!
Love ya!!!
Wonderful as always. Happy New Year!
Aww..thank you ever so much, my dear…
A wonderful year to you too!!!
Kavita, I especially love the ending of this, with its optimistic note. I am brand new to Magpie Tales. 🙂
Wooohooo!! First of all, thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a kind word here, Suko… it was very sweet of you !
And now, WELCOME to MAGPIE TALES!!! I am sure you will love it here!!
xoxooxox
Perfection is right! Well done and thanks for your nice comments! Take a peek at my 2011 Photo Project here: http://kathewsnapaday.blogspot.com
Thank YOU for your kind words here, Kathe!!
And yes I am OFF to your photoblog right away! And guess what! I too started mine only yesterday!!! Can you beat that!?!??! 🙂
Here it is for your to see.. http://kavstrokes.blogspot.com 🙂
Quite fabulous with the Ryming ends and the shape
Gee.. thanks a ton for the kind words, Uma.. I am so glad you liked this piece!
(hugs)
I think all my life I’ve been trying to break free of something or the other. Really enjoyed your poem, and love the use of vocabulary! Great work girl!
Aren’t we all always running (from something or the other)??!?!? Whheeewww
I wonder why we keep doing that though…
Glad you liked this piece, sweetie… I am always sooooooo looking forward to reading comments from you…
mwaah!!
xooxoxo
I like your take on the Magpie. Love your rhyme, especially in the first stanza – wow!
Gee..thanks a ton for your kind and encouraging words here, Mary! It really means a great deal to me…
I am glad you enjoyed this one…
Awesome poem..
Someone is Special
Thank you, SiS…
Very sweet of you! 🙂
Excellent work! Really enjoyed this one.
Aww.. you are too kind, Mark.. thanks for the constant encouragement here.. it’s most appreciated!
“a tepid womb” – what a potent image. Nice poem and always so interesting to see how everyone comes up with something so diffierent in response to the same photo.
Enjoyed! 🙂
ohhh… thank you so very much for such kind words, Jamie darling.. mwaahhzz!