Here’s today’s picture:
Photo: Tom Wallace
I had heard of planking, but this is a new one to me: Batmanning. Ha! Here’s what this image makes me think of:
1. I need a couple of new yoga tanks that don’t ride up like this one.
2. Not a good time for a foot cramp.
3. How creepy would it be to open your curtains in the morning and see that outside your window!
Here’s my poem first draft.
Power’s Out!
Mrs. Rosen said
book reports
would continue.My voice found comfort
in the still dimness.–Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved
What does this image make YOU think of? Whatever enters your mind, write a quick 15 words or less poem and share it in the comments! Feel free to comment on each others’ poems and tell what your favorite part is!
body language
hanging down–
world on a string
flying high–
hope on the wing
lying still–
giving in
rolling over–
starting again.
This is lovely, Julie. Somehow delicate and dynamic at the same time. I especially love “hope on the wing.” Happy New Year!
lover’s voicemail
don’t
leave
me
dangling,
darling…
at
least
hang
up
my
heart
hang time
sometimes reaching
up
to touch the
ground
is a question
of
disorientati
on
Ha! Love the awkward line breaks and the splitting of the last word–great title, too!
A COACH’S SOLEMN NEWS
Upside
d
o
w
n
or standing t a l l
You’re still to short for
b a s k e t b a l l.
(c) Charles Waters 2011 all rights reserved.
Aw, poor kid. Maybe he’ll stretch out on his makeshift rack, there!
What a great image, Laura! Such fun offerings.
Here’s my take on it:
Look Ma
No hands!
What do
you mean
will you
kindly
tuck in
your shirt?
;~) Carol Weis
Aw, we moms, always spoiling the fun:>) Love the “kindly.” Very mom-ish!
The blood is rushing to my head,
Flushing what my now-ex-boyfriend said.
Warren Hanson
Hehe. Sometimes that blood pounding in your ears is good for blocking out other stuff! And the ex needed to be blocked/flushed! By the way, you’re welcome to leave your 15 Words or Less Poems directly in a Facebook comment, here in a blog comment, or both. Whatever is easiest or most fun for you!
Dying to Get Your Attention because I’m Running out of Options
If
I’m
still
hanging
here
when
you
walk
by,
please
tell
me
I’m
cool.
-Pamela Ross
Oh, LOVE that. Totally captures the heart of a teen, doesn’t it? Great form, too!
Me too! Pretty much says it all doesn’t it?
Thanks, Charles. So sweet of you. {}
-Pamela
Laura: I don’t know where your “inspired” poem came from or how the batman pose connects to your words but your poem this week knocks my socks off. And my underwear too, if I could manage to imitate the kid in the picture. {}
-Pamela
That’s so funny. I can’t remember how it connects, either! I was aware as I wrote it that it didn’t have to do with my 3 initial thoughts from the picture, yet it did follow some chain of free thinking to get to the idea of how much easier things are in a dim room. Oh, I kinda remember. This made me think of yoga balance poses, and how glad I am the room is very dim. Same for my hip-hop class. Somehow, dimness makes you feel less out there, less awkward. And I was wishing I could do all my public speaking in a dim room! And then I thought as a kid it would be easier to do things in front of the class if the lights were dimmed a bit. Funny how our brains work, isn’t it?
I so totally get you, Laura. As I read your words, I felt what that kid was feeling. The invisibility and desire thereof, the upside, falling down world they can’t escape…and yes, I hear you. I love doing readings by candlelight. The intimacy, quiet, the sound of your voice filling the hushed, darkened room…
They gave me a dare
to hang in the air
by just my toes
so, here goes…
Love the immediacy of this, especially the last line, like I’m right there with you, rooting for you!
Precariously hanging
What is my fate ?
All I can do
Is patiently wait
Maybe not !
- Anne McKenna
Ha! I’m hearing a little crash to the floor in the background there–ouch!
It’s all in how you look at it
Riddle me a riddle
unsolvable puzzle
brain-dazed
as solutions evade
changing perspective?
Problem solved.
~Lissa
Fun! I like this take on the picture, and I especially like
brain-dazed
as solutions evade
Sometimes,
all you need
is a new perspective.
Yes! Isn’t it weird how this whole exercise is about taking a new perspective on things, but that actual topic didn’t occur to me at all with this image!
Restless students
with permission
to move around in class
sometimes
surprised me.
Hahahaha! Love this teacher’s matter-of-fact voice. Makes me sense a bigger story here.
Life
viewed upside-down
reverses rules –
finds new direction
down fresh paths
where endings form beginnings.
- ellie
Like this, ellie. And it’s not that we have to live life backwards, it’s that we view it differently. Important distinction to me.
Going Up
Step step step
is one way
to ascend.
I’d rather
do it my way,
friend.
–Kate Coombs (Book Aunt)
But I think he’s descending, at least at the moment:>) This makes me feel like he’s going to flap his wings and start rising up any second, though!
Sometimes you’re up.
Sometimes you’re down.
Sometimes life gets
all turned around.
Hang in there.
(Hmmm. Sounds like a Hallmark greeting card. LOL!)
Mine come out like greeting cards, too, sometimes. But I love this with that image–much more contemporary than the cute kitten hanging on a rope!