A Stone: One Daily Observation.
Gold enough for a queen
Gold enough to share
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dVerse Poets Pub: Prompt poem inspired by Giorgio de Chirico
In a hot and dusty
Spanish town
Sitting quietly in the shade
The wind cools the hot afternoon
Guitar music floats out
Through the open door
Pink, white and red
Hollyhocks move gently
To the music
They long to pull up their
Roots and dance the Flameco
Click their heels
Hold up their ruffled skirts
That fall from their bodies
I look up and they have
Reclaimed their place in the garden
A single airplane
Slices the blue over head
Its’ muffled sound
Spills into the valley
To lay down in silence
annellannell 
In regard to today’s stone, yes indeed…each observation IS gold, a real treasure for the one observing and the one with whom it is shared!
Thanks Mary, we are blessed indeed! Annell Livingston HC 74 Box 21860 El Prado, NM 87529
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So beautiful, words and image. What skies you enjoy, Annell!
We are in monsoon, and the skies are incredible! Each afternoon I can’t wait to see what will be created for me. Thanks. Annell Livingston HC 74 Box 21860 El Prado, NM 87529
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gold enough for a queen for sure…this is beautiful annell and the picture is breath-taking
lovely take onthe prompt…the flowers dancing is a cool image for sure…and the lone airplanes noise settling it all into silence…i like this a lot..smiles.
You took this to Spain, and why not? Music wafting in, a distant airplane, and then silence – the painting encourages a variety of moods. reading your poem reminded me of how some of Brian Eno’s music feels to me (in particular Before and After Science) ; there’s a paradoxical feeling of both sound and silence simultaneously.
i like the friendliness of it… you made me see another world in the painting…and i’m with bri on the airplanes part…
My own little surreal attempt to see the painting. Thanks. Annell Livingston HC 74 Box 21860 El Prado, NM 87529
annell@taosnet.com http://www.annelllivingston.com http://www.somethingsithinkabout-annell-annell.blogspot.com https://annellannell.wordpress.com
I’ve been a docent at our art museum for a number of years and one of the things we try to do is to get people/children to learn to really look at art instead of just breezing by. As I read this I said to myself, “She really looked at this!” Bravo.
I think it’s beautiful, I see the painting as rather melancholic, but you’ve turned the image on it’s head for me. Thanks!
so the lurking shadow (for some) was an airplane to you?
That was brilliant.nice flow.
Your take on the prompt caught me off guard as i found myself transported to a time and place i did not associate with the image…and I loved it…you are a natural storyteller as evidenced by the ability to take the reader out of the present moment and into your moment..I was there! wonderful write..
Annie
I am visiting again in response to your poem written for dVerse. I like what you saw in the painting and all the senses you pulled into your poem. I was especially impressed with the ‘sounds’ you gleaned from the painting.
You bring the crazy flower dance of a fantasy garden into a deserted cityscape and reconcile all the shadows and odd light with the far, separate world of an airplane cabin, so even in the lushness, the loneliness of that one childish figure remains. Enjoyed it much, annell.
Lovely, you took some of the sting out of this one for me. Liked these lines,
“Hollyhocks move gently
To the music
They long to pull up their
Roots and dance the Flameco”
Yes, the hollyhocks and the airplane won me over, too. Gorgeous verse, Annell. And your “stone” is glorious.
Thank you.
Really strong imagery you created to this prompt, a sense of whimsy carries here. Lovely write ~ Rose
Annell, love your “sweep” poem for the Sunday whirl, and the dVerse is wonderful as well.
Pamela
Love the stone, the photo is stunning and yes, the gold. Thanks for sharing it.
Elizabeth