Water lapping
like a lustful lover
along its roughwood flank.
Sails flapping
their Gregorian gossip
toward the distant bank.
Gilded grandeur
soothes tidal tedium;
their ancestors to thank.
Author notes
Picture credit: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2246/2238593427_d589609820.jpg
A contest entry
- PICTURE PROMPT by Ademon.
550 points, ended January 6, 7 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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I agree with Bosiar about the potential for a better shade of shine on the trophy. Great material for one of those prewrite contests for poems that didn't garner gold. Two words stand out in every verse: roughwood flank, Gregorian gossip and tidal tedium... very nicely done!
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My this is a grand set of words you have set against this picture. I don't know who won the upper prizes, but they must be doozies. I'm impressed as this deviates from the ones you and I have shared in your museum of mind thought thus far. RC
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Beautiful
A wonderfully written poem worthy of more than bronze congrats. Boog
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good luck in the contest... nice rhyme
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Nice write pp. Pretty exquisite imagery. I got hooked up in the piece that I didn't even realized it rhymed, not till after I read other comments (a bit slow!).
Best wishes in the contest
Sincerely -Emmjay
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the fist stanza..
Water lapping
like a lustful lover
along its roughwood flank.
caught me at hello, lol. such a beautifully written poem! Best wishes in my contest -
I really like this, very nice images throughout the poem, and the rhyming is really natural =) Good luck in the contest =)
-BrokenLookingGlass-
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