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And do you love to view faded photographs? C/C?
(an exercise in setting a mood)
Day Bloom
The bloom of day is distant now
a whitewashed haze clouds my vision
gray toning those colors vibrant
like faded photographs recalled.
My mind carries a graveyard now,
the gray of years accumulates much.
File folders of those who passed on,
my ongoing memorial.
Darkness has such a lure to some
aging now, I see it calling.
Life’s erosion, stripping the steel
leaving…. vulnerability.
Do I pop a pill….smile a lot
or randomly wander along
like my gray words penned on this page?
The bloom of day so distant now.
I will ponder….
14 Answers
- JosephKJVLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
Wow, now this raises the Bar!
Mood well-set!
Now, I'll go
and ponder!
Source(s): 70 years and still - Anonymous5 years ago
It varies from 8 beats to 9 but reads nicely. Fairly simple in expression and lacks a solid ending.
- cassie58Lv 71 decade ago
In answer to your question, yes I do. I also enjoyed the mood set by your poem. I am quite fascinated with the faded and old photographs in our family album. I have no wish to revive the colours, I like them just the way they are.
- libbyLv 71 decade ago
Your exercise has been very successful. A brooding, serious and nostalgic mood has been well set.
The tone is established by your final line and sets it apart from your mood. Clever writing.
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- Rayven53Lv 61 decade ago
You go, Van Gogh, well painted,
and, Bocelli, so well sung;
your pen should see you sainted,
too, the words off that silvery tongue.
Yes, Mario, well driven,
And, Ansel!!!, what a shot,
the way you wield this gift you're given,
makes me glad it's you it's got!
You've established a new level,
to which we should all aspire;
for me, the mood is, clearly, revel,
and one, of which, I rarely tire!
So good...so good! T'anks for sharin'...an' good t'see ya again!
- ?Lv 61 decade ago
Good atmosphere! Colors are good for painting pictures....this one is a little gray.
Go forth a ponder, and maybe watch some History Channel. Ha, you've lived through most of it anyway. (insert an LOL here.)
- ElysabethLv 71 decade ago
A lesson in 8 syllable lines! Great!
Good Morning, and it is a good morning for there will be a day, as there will be many, many others!
Yes, you set a definite, explicit mood here....did it in softness that needed no shouting. No maudlin tones, just straightforward words to create this....
BRAVO!
- Danny RLv 51 decade ago
Many types of photographic software, incorporate an application to rejuvenate the colours and contrast of scanned photos, to bring them back to their original sharp condition. We have poems such as this, for that same purpose. Nice work Neon.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
After reading this
I rolled my weary length
opposite Brazil in HD
gazed calmly at the grey
of pigeons
defying spikes on my ledge
then dreamed of many dead
elders and bottles
of Geritol.
.
Thank you.
.
- ?Lv 71 decade ago
I do love looking at the old photos. It is a treasure.You feel the spirit of each one in them,many who speak through these pics from beyond the grave.We realize what gifts these people are to us.Each of them with their own "special flavor."Gosh, you're make me remember so many, thanks !You did set the mood.