Charmed Chaos
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This Body
This body in deep protest
engraved with pain
remembrances of love
that fills the air
in her dark room
with no walls
to confine her agony.
She lives
alone with her mementoes
etched on her in flagrant
black and colors subdued.
In her dark moments
they overwhelm
with poignant
anguish.
She is in love
with love,
above and below
yesterday, today, and tomorrow,
But love, you see, with its profound
beautiful wisdom, and unerring lament
has betrayed her.
She waits with certainty
that somehow someday, someway
love will not forsake her.
She breathes life into her fantasy.
This is the life she has chosen.
©2018 Linda Lee Lyberg
5/30
Today’s prompt:We’d like to challenge you to write a poem that reacts both to photography and to words in a language not your own. Begin with a photograph. Now find a poem in a language you don’t know (here’s a good place to look!) Ignore any accompanying English translation (maybe cover it up, or cut-and-paste the original into a new document). Now start translating the poem into English, with the idea that the poem is actually “about” your photograph. Use the look and feel of the words in the original to guide you along as you write, while trying to describe your photograph.
The Poem I used was
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Thank you!
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A challenge well met! Bravo.
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Thank you Charley. That means a lot to me, truly.
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How sad that love has betrayed her and leave her in the prisons of her fantasy ~ Thanks for joining us at dVerse ~
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Thank you Grace.
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Beautiful my friend ☺❤
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Thank you! 💛😘
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My pleasure ☺❤
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❤️😘
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Love the photograph and the interpretation.
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Thank you Sarah. I appreciate your comments.
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You capture both the longing and anguish so well here. Powerfully written.
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Thank you so much! I appreciate your kind words.
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Oh this is absolutely an amazing post with an amazing image. I think it also relates to a newer Napowrimo prompt about voice. This is so powerful….almost visceral. I can feel her in this room, sitting, writ upon her body and her soul.
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Thank you Lillian. I always love getting your comments. And yes, I agree with you about the newer prompt as well.
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Reblogged this on Women Who Think Too Much by Jeanne Marie and commented:
Beautiful…
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Thank you.
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❤❤❤
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