- Happy Monday to everyone! Hope all is well wherever you find yourself to be. Hee is my Trifextra challenge for this week. Hope that you enjoy it and that I have credited the photo appropriately.
- Window on the World
- There is a world of wonder
- beyond that thin pane of glass.
- A world best appreciated
- through the wisdom of those
- who have imprinted upon our imaginations
- the fiery passions of their souls.
- Thomas Leuthard / Foter.com / CC BY
Monday, January 27, 2014
Window on the World
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Very nice piece! Very good poem.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joe. Very nice comment. :)
DeleteWell done...I really like this.
ReplyDeleteI am happy that my writing pleased you. Thanks for your kind comment. :)
DeleteBeautiful! I like the idea of absorbing the lessons and discoveries of others and then venturing out to witness the world's wonders firsthand. Lovely!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ivy. It is the whole wisdom-of-our-elders thing, you know? :) thanks for leaving such a wonderful comment.
DeletePassion in Learning! YES!
ReplyDeleteThe young lady appeared to me to be studying so, I was trying to connect that to the carefree lady on the other side of the glass. Go exploring, armed with knowldge, I suppose, is what I was really after.
DeleteI enjoyed this. Loved the idea of wise people's passions being imprinted upon our imagination.
ReplyDeleteWe gain inspiration from those who came before us and those who remain around us. Thanks for your lovely comment. :)
DeleteLovely imagery and great imagination at work here! Well done! ♥
ReplyDeleteThank you ever so much for your great comments. I appreciate them very much. :)
DeleteIt is a "small world after all" if only we reach beyond that "thin pane of glass" and become a participant instead of a spectator. I love how you've connected all the aspects in this piece. Well realized, Tom! Love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jo-Anne! You always know just what to say to make me smile. :) Glad you liked this poem.
ReplyDeleteReally lovely.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much. :)
DeleteI do believe you are speaking to me through those fat books, Tom!
ReplyDeleteIt's a lovely, thoughtful poem, full of you.
Well, it is full of something, all right! If that something is me then, we'll go with that, shall we. :) Thanks, Kymm.
ReplyDeletethat is nice, a world where those with fiery passions share with the world. nicely done, Tom.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sun. I'd like to think that there are little contrails of inspiration floating about in all of our skies. Depending upon which trail we choose to follow, our lives are primed for the most interesting of journies, as we leave our own contrails behind us, too, for others to follow if they so choose.
Deletethat thin pane of glass is wonderfully lucid.
ReplyDeleteThank you. It was the first phrase I thought of when I looked at this photo. Thanks for such a nice comment. :)
DeleteI want to walk right into your writing and live there. This is brill. Thanks for linking up!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool comment! Thanks. :)
DeleteLovely piece :)
ReplyDeleteAlly
Lovely comment, Ally! Thank you very much. :)
DeleteThis is genius, Tom. It so eloquently inspires me to want to do the same.
ReplyDeleteThank you ever so much for such an awesome comment! :)
DeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteLoved it!
ReplyDeleteGlad that your boat was suitably floated. :) Thanks for the comment.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, the first thought I had reading your beautiful poem, Tom, was of the way you wrote about shepherding your flock. I see you as one of those imprinting upon imaginations the fiery passion of your soul.
ReplyDeleteWell now, wasn't that just one of my favourite comments of all time!!! Thank you ever so much. And, for the record, I wasn't intending to portray myself in this situation. I was trying to comment on how we become inspired by the wisdom and ideas of others and how that influrneces our own journey through life. I hope that my kiddies take something from our time together in school that helps them in the future. Even though that wasn't my intent with this poem, to do so for them would be a very worthwhile legacy for me, indeed. Thanks again, Momo, for such a lovely comment. I appreciate your words very much. :)
DeleteI knew you didn't intend to portray yourself in this situation, which was made it even more meaningful that I noticed you in it. :)
DeleteWell then.........thanks again! :)
DeleteI love the way you show both separation and connection in this piece. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThe internal-external connection seemed to be screaming out at me the moment I saw the photo. I am happy that you feel I described that connection adequately. Thanks, Kelly
DeleteGreat post, ingenious and a good take.
ReplyDelete-Tye
Thanks, Tye! Great comment, btw. :)
DeletePoetic and powerful. A really gorgeous piece. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThank you for such a wonderful comment. I appreciate your words a lot. :)
DeleteBeautiful imagery Tom!Loved it:-)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Atreyee! I always appreciate your comments. :)
DeleteThank you for the poetic inspiration.
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DeleteYou are welcome. Thanks for the lovely comment, btw. :)
DeleteDang, this is fantastic, Tom. Not a word out of place. This practically gave me goosebumps: "...those / who have imprinted upon our imaginations / the fiery passions of their souls." That's exactly how I feel when I read a really great bit of writing, and what I want to accomplish with my own.
ReplyDeleteThank you for such a wonderful comment. I am glad that this poem spoke to you. It is what we all hope to do with our writing, isn't it? One of the things that I like about Trifecta is how there are so many very talented writers here but that their strengths range all over the place. It always seems like someone is writing something awesome and being creative. They inspire me and, as such, they colour my journey as a writer. Thanks for being someone of influence in my life. :)
DeleteThis is so good, Tom! And that second stanza is just gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteNothing like a gorgeous stanza to brighten one's day. Thanks for the terrific comment, Suzanne. :)
ReplyDeleteThis fits the picture so well!
ReplyDeleteKinda like a picture window, eh? :)
DeleteLOVE this perspective.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for your comment. I appreciate it. :)
DeleteLove this...and so true x
ReplyDeleteThank you. Glad my words worked so well for you. :)
DeleteWhat a lovely piece. I really enjoyed the last two lines.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I have to tell you that I really enjoyed your comment, too. :)
DeleteI love this. The young girl is inside, studying the passions of others, absorbing their experiences and wisdom, like so many of us have done. Please tell me she is getting ready to get out there and live her own passions and gain her own wisdom from her own experiences!
ReplyDeleteYou have hit the nail absolutely on the head. She is gaining wisdom in order to make her own journey that much better and brighter. Thanks for the comment. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. :)
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