Tuesday, May 27, 2014

findingMefindingYou



yellow sun

adventure

sails bright                                                                          d
and                                                                             e

 r                                                         n
i                                   o                                             
b          b


in the wind

seafarers seeking
the greatest, lightest burden of them all,

the spice, cocoa,
paint and dye,
the import/export—
of color, comfort,
connection,
and risk—

soaring like a fuchsia bird
in an infinite, indigo sky

beckoning,
beckoning

us to come along,
unanchored

to gather up our
castaway hearts
and leave our
shipwrecked shores
behind



© 2014 Jennifer Wagner

9 comments:

  1. oh i will put my castaway heart in my pocket if i can fly along...
    you know i love the ribboned word...ha...so cool...
    and i love the message....yes, lets leave those
    shipwrecks behind...

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  2. What restorative, revitalizing words you’ve selected for this piece, Jennifer. And that “ribboned” lighter-than-air fantastic. Just Beautiful!

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  3. I love the words flying away, ribboned ~ Good to leave those shipwrecked shores behind ~

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  4. I love what you did with the word "ribboned" - it made my eyes float over the letters and had an incredible effect! Really made the word look like it was floating :)

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  5. Lovely layout of the poem in the starting and as it move downs it becomes lovelier!

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  6. I just love how you made the words float on the page..

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  7. The visual and the written aspect of this are both great. I like the message of leaving the bad behind and moving ahead with excitement. Well done.

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  8. I can't keep it any longer: i admire the way you structure your poems up on here! I also love the Biblical way you write. keep them coming!!!

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