Bridge
Light reveals an opening, a net
caught by what is broken, muddied, wet;
scattered stones and history unmet.
Tangled edges under/over ground,
traveling as lines that make no sound,
camouflaged by fragments lost, unbound.
What remains? The inside of the fray:
all the shadowed hours that mark the day.
Every path holds dreams, or so they say.
I decided to do something a little different for Sue Vincent’s “Bridge” photo prompt, below, this week. I took the photo and abstracted it and then painted it. I wanted to have a subtle color variation, so I used only 5 colors (green, orange, 2 browns, and grey) plus black and white, and mixed them in different proportions.
The poem is in a form that Jane Dougherty used a few days ago, which has 3 stanzas of 3 rhyming lines each, with each line containing 9 syllables. I liked the rhythm, and playing with numbers and words is something I enjoy. I always find that thinking about rhymes, too, causes me to see things I might otherwise not.
41 responses to “Bridge”
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I really like this …Janet
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Thanks Janet. I hope to do more in this vein.
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I look forward to seeing the work….
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so impressive and the abstract painting is wonderful
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Thank you!
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I love the effect! You create the atmosphere of the underside of the bridge beautifully.
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Thanks Jane…and thanks for the introduction to the poetic form!
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I’ve tried to post these new forms to the sites that catalogue them, but I’ve never had a reply. Maybe you have to be famous first.
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No doubt. Or know the right people, anyway.
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Most of us seem to be invisible. Don’t know if that’s a consolation or not.
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Sometimes it is…
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So so beautiful!!
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Thanks Jodi!
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I love the three paintings, particularly the reflections. The poem captures the mood of the place and the inner reflections superbly too.
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Thanks Sue.
Somehow your comment got placed in the spam folder! But it’s been freed.
As always, great photo.
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Thanks for letting me out, Kerfe… that seems to be hapening a lot lately, and not just to me.
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WordPress is problematic for me every few months. Just part of being in the digital world, I guess.
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It has its ongoing quirks… usualy when they are playing with new ‘improvements’… 😉
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This really dragged me in, but suddenly (apologies if it is in bad taste) I saw a sanitary towel?! Add some labels about ‘dry core’ ‘flexible fit’ and you have a high end, designer ‘feminine’ item for the woman who likes to make a statement in everything!
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Wow! I don’t see that at all. Sorry for the bad vision…
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I love how you did this–the image and the poem. “Every path holds dreams, or so they say.” (I’m going to have try this Trinity form of Jane’s.)
I actually thought you had made a sculpture–it looks 3D to me.
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I think I’ll leave the sculpture to Nina for now! but that’s a nice complement. Jane has a knack…and this one has a rhythm I like a lot. Yes, try it!
That last line went through quite a few iterations. I seem to keep revising even as I post…
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Wow super amazing 👍🏼 looking at your reference photo and your artwork, you’ve translated it in such a fabulous way 😍😍😍
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Thanks Snehal. I think architecture lends itself to this sort of thing.
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Loving the color pallet and was surprised to read orange as a selection. Nice tip for me in thinking about how to use color.
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Thanks. I myself am always surprised at how colors mix and reform. It’s an interesting exercise.
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Very nice art and words!
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thanks Lynn!
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I love the originality with the photoprompt. It works very well. 🙂
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Thanks!
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Lovely poem – I like the pictures too.
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Thanks Robbie.
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So creative, Jane. You’re inspiring. Beautiful poem 🙂
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Thanks! (but not Jane)
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Oh, how did I get that? Ha ha. Sorry. I was reading a whole bunch of these stories in one sitting and must have gotten confused. The comment was definitely for you, though. I got that part right 🙂
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I totally understand! Thanks again.
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Such a lovely picture.
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Thanks Steve.
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Very interesting topic , thanks for posting . “All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.” by James Thurber.
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