Thursday 22 September 2011

divisive

Photo Credit: Donn Coppens







































you divided the earth
beating it down to splinters
it can not hold the filtering water
that rain trickles from up above
I see beyond the mountains
I wish to see fresh dew
but get a glimpse of the sky
split into two-
by that rainbow

"as if there was not enough hatred down here"

25 comments:

  1. Gautami...
    You are just too much.
    Fantastic post My Friend
    Loved your 55
    Thanks for playing, and have a Kick Ass Week-End

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  2. beautiful,

    love the sky with rainbow image.
    impressive 55.

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  3. nice...this could lead to a couple interpretations...

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  4. Lovely to read, and the image is wonderful.

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  5. very nice, indeed a lot of meaning in this

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  6. Split in two! indeed! great, thanks!

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  7. I love your photo and words; this is so beautiful and reflective! :D

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  8. Such a nice, positive message, Gautami!

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  9. Lovely. I wish that more people could "see beyond the mountains"...past themselves.

    A rainbow has always been a sign of hope. As Mr Lennon pointed out in Imagine, some may say we're dreamers, but we're not the only ones.

    Thank you for sprinkling a little more hope in this nasty world.
    Namaste

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  10. Beautiful photo. A rainbow always signifies hope to me. Hope for this nasy, polluted, hate-filled world. But the sun shines this morning, a new day, fresh hope.

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  11. Ahh... this is absolutely divine.

    Please take a moment to check out another prompt sight:

    http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2011/09/word-with-laurie_23.html/

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  12. What a lovely 55.
    I agree with Brian, this could have different interpretations.
    Yes, we need more love and a lot less hatred and fear.

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  13. I never thought of a rainbow as splitting the sky before! I always see them as joining earth and sky.

    What a unique perspective and interesting 55.

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  14. Thanks so much for sharing with me, I enjoyed your beautifully fractured sky :)

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  15. You have given a wonderful slant to a rainbow. Beautiful poem.

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  16. Too much.....we just want the dew. Yes. Thanks for this.

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  17. We generally associate rainbows with positiveness. But your negative perspective of the rainbow splitting the sky is refreshingly unique.

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  18. We generally associate rainbows with positiveness. But your negative perspective of the rainbow splitting the sky is refreshingly unique.

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  19. To me, the last line rocks...

    'as if there was not enough hatred down here'

    It has deep meaning and multiple interpretations... :)

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  20. a so different interpretation about a rainbow. we see beauty in it and this poem paints a division. even the rainbow wishes to divide, we can see through it:
    "it can not hold the filtering water"
    "I see beyond the mountains"
    and i loved the way you ended the poem.

    lovely poem, impressive work :)

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