Prompt: mouth, vow, drone, space, chants, sun,
binding, crook, circling, broken, cave, fist
(Image from the internet)
First Woman
In the speed of light
Words spill from her mouth
Chants form and
Are heard as she drones
Circling around her
Caught in the crooks of trees
Where they hang
Limp and lifeless
Old time broken
Emerge from the cave
Vows uttered below her breath
The rising sun illuminates
Bindings drawn tight
Hands clenched into fists
Defiant
She claims full rights
As a human
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Prompt: At Real Toads__ Violet. http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2013/05/sunday-mini-challenge-violet.html
Violet
Today the 12th of May
I have chosen blue
Pure blue
Ultramarine blue
With small additions of purple
I shall see
The blue turn to blue violet
To violet
Mystery in its’ color
A tale of morning sky
Mountains
And sorrow
Cowboys ride below
Sailors sail upon
Singing shanty songs
Little girls with ribbons
In their hair
Flying behnd
Aviators fly above
Violet all around
Picking blackberries
With my Grandmother
Violet stains on my dress
And finger tips
Dripping from my lips
Tempting snakes
Memories abound
annellannell 
A strong hardy species from the very first! Good one, Annell.
Defiance must be seen as a positive attribute..a first step out of the cave of another’s making..
Thanks for your words Miss Jae! You are so right! Annell Livingston HC 74 Box 21860 El Prado, NM 87529
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Wow! This is an amazing poem. I love the way you’ve used the words. Wouldn’t she be stunned at how we live today?!
Annell, your poetry delights. Artistry in everything you create. LOVE the little image of you ~~ sans bangs.
You have to know I love that first piece, climbing free of the cave is such an empowering image. But, I also love the contrast to the second piece and all the violet you found in the world around you. I remember those stains on clothes and fingertips. Yum.
Elizabeth
http://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/from-mizfits-mouth-to-your-ear/
I love all your reflections on violet. Of course, I would expect nothing less from an artist! Smiles.
What a delight both pieces were. The first woman may not seem attractive but can you imagine the man! In all the times I have picked blackberries in the wild I had never thought that I might be attracting snakes!
As I remember it, there was always a snake around. Thanks for your comments. Annell Livingston HC 74 Box 21860 El Prado, NM 87529
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Whoa, nice how you imagined her.
Great use of the words for the wordle!! And I love the series of violet memories you bring annell!! Excellent closing stanza…love the details, aviator and the blackberries…ribbons…nice!
Strong right from the time she crawled out of the primordial soup/! Womensong
An ekphrastic poem. First Women is a great title as well. The poem has a primal feel to it. Thanks!
They are both wonderful! The second one is full of vivid colorful imagery, the first one I love
Your crone could be me!!!
Your blue to violet journey of expression? Me, too. We are certainly moving in the same evolutionary sphere these days, you and I!
whew…that first one is def powerful…i wonder at the dawn of time if a woman would have been able to stand up for those rights…really nicely put together annell…great imagery…
Can’t say for sure, but I suspect she has always been asking….and perhaps there was a time she had more rights? Annell Livingston HC 74 Box 21860 El Prado, NM 87529
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Right from the start she knew to be strong!
Annell, your first poem is empowering. I like it.
Pamela
The first woman poem is strong and bold. I love it.
Love the women poem and the colour of violet too. Lovely reads.
Anna :o]