Wednesday 13 July 2011

Second poem for the poetry shmoetry blogfest


Yare'ackh *

I chased the moon
in my car that night;
it was large in the sky,
almost surreal
and I tried to catch it
as a child would a lost           
floating balloon.
I thought of us. 


*Yare'ackh means moon in Hebrew


8 comments:

  1. The picture is vivid and beautiful and matches your poem well. Thanks for posting.

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  2. Very nice. Of course, I'm partial as it has 'moon' in it. :D Nice meeting you.

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  3. gorgeous simile.

    you also got the "like" vs "as" correct. nice.

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  4. Nice. I think I'll be reminded of this poem next time I'm driving under the moon.

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  5. The rhythm of this is perfection!

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  6. Beautiful imagery combined with the photo brings this vivid poem to life! Julie

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  7. Where did you get such a perfect picture to go with your poem? That is awesome!
    I can relate to chasing the moon, chasing rainbows, chasing stars...maybe I just go after the unobtainable.
    Beautiful poem :)

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  8. Thanks for the lovely comments everyone. Good luck to all in the competition!
    The photo just came off google actually.

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