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Thursday, January 3, 2013

22 Loony for Lunes

Over at dVerse Poets Pub, they're exploring the Lune  (or should I say Lunes) for this week's FormForAll.  I thought I'd give it a go.  

Lune:  Lily Pads

#1 (Kelly Lune)
violescent hues
dance along
riverbeds--waiting

#2 (Collom Lune)
frogs play hopscotch
'cross turbulent waters with not
a single care


Lune:  Holiday Scraps

#1 (Kelly Lune)
strung popcorn festoons
appear now
as nothing but string

#2 (Collom Lune)
fires still crackle 
with leftover remnants of gifts 
stoking their flames


An Aside:  For additional inspiration, I used the "Word of the Day" from two separate dictionary apps.  Dictionary.com:  violescent (adj.) - tending to a violet color.  Merriam-Webster:  festoon (n.) - 1. a decorative chain or strip hanging between two points; 2. a carved, molded or painted ornament representing a decorative chain.

22 comments:

  1. oh i love the hopscotching frogs.. and i like that the gift remnants are still good for a bit of warmth while they feed the flames

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  2. I really enjoyed these - especially the popcorn strings. Do you really do that? It's not something I've come across before.

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  3. All are good, but the first is killer good. So beautiful and anticipatory.

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  4. The frogs playing hopscotch verse gave your series a very playful feel.

    Frog jumps—
    There is no
    Water sound

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  5. ooo really cool..i like the frog one...and the crackling fire of the presents...we always burn our paper so it put me right there....very cool...

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  6. Very nice. I love the holiday scraps series. No popcorn left - ha; and the fire cackling with..hmmm....hopefully paper from the wrappings?

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  7. Good set specially the fun and playful lilypads ~

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  8. lovely use of the words you found...not to mention the lovely lunes. very vivid images in a brief view.

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  9. Love this:

    "violescent hues
    dance along
    riverbeds--waiting"

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  10. I love the frogs playing hopscotch and the empty popcorn strings. Great lunes!

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  11. I loved all these but my favourite is the empty popcorn festoons...I can imagine eating away at these over the festive season...very nice indeed.

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  12. Great to see you put together something for the Kelly lune and the Collom lune. Your images are very strong, riverbeds, frogs, ribbons and flames. I especially like the second lune, because it echoes the frog in arguably the most-famous of all haikus by Basho.

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  13. did the dogs get the popcorn or the kids?
    Fun images

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  14. i absolutely love the popcorn one! very clever, made me smile...

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  15. I love the hopscotching frogs! Delightful work.

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  16. I like the happy disposition that these vignettes evoke. :-)

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  17. very nice, extra points for violescent very cool word. Thanks

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  18. ...Interesting take... And oh, i learned something new today...tnx teacher...smiles...

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  19. I liked this one:

    violescent hues
    dance along
    riverbeds--waiting


    It gives feed to the imagination and let you ponder on the status of the lily. It says something important about the urge to achieve.

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