Poetry Jam
Stripes
Stripes On
Our Land
Made by sun and shadow
Carved into the land
Grown from seed
Written by man
in need
All effect out point of
view
All stripe not just black
and white
All need to be seen for
what they are
All we write is not all
always right
by far
Stand in the shadow and
look at the sun
Feel the natural curves of
the land
Plant love with seeds for
the food we eat
Learn the meaning behind
the words of man
then repeat
We may be at a crossing point
We may be spinning round and round
We seem to need to controll
the stripes that we put onto this land
to make then roll at our command
Not so easy,
things just do not go as we write or plant or plan
Nature has its own order to the confusion
So I Guess
Stripes upon this land
must be planned
by
Nature and by Man !
Rae Ann, I had to fix your link again. I suggested last week that you test your link yourself before posting it so that you knew it was the correct link.
ReplyDeleteI thought that I did it seemed to work orry no idea what is going wrong
DeleteGreat poem and great pictures, really good how the blend and melt into each other
ReplyDeleteIt was fun to think and write. I had so many photos to choose from for this one
DeleteYour poem and pictures were fascinating. I very much enjoyed your creative take on 'stripes.' A VERY nice contribution this week. So true that stripes are made either by nature or man; and both are beautiful indeed.
ReplyDeleteI needed a photo of Government at work writing but all I had was the Springfield Govenrners office....The Elvis in the window added lines of music I guess lol
DeleteWhat a wonderful display of stripes... I especially like:
ReplyDeleteLearn the meaning behind the words of man
then repeat
I think there are words spoken/written that really do not really mean what they say and there is need for "reading between the lines". Thinking of stripes this was is different to say the least
DeleteI too enjoyed the blend of the pictures and the words. And indeed there are so many kinds of stripe-makers as well as different kinds of stripes! Thanks for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteFirst thing I thought of were the Photos of the harvest making stripes on our land then I thought about the TV news and their continual walking from right to left to right to left and now there are stripes in our government. When you think about it there are lines everywhere!
DeleteThis is a really nice pairing of visual image and words! Obviously, much thought has been put in here! nice response to the challenge!
ReplyDeleteIt is fun to do this whether the poetry is good? well that is another thing. Yes there is thought to every post
DeleteThis one like all challenges was fun and I did not even get to post my painting of zebras....LOL
ReplyDeleteWhat an incredible collection of stripes .. so many varieties reflected in your poem.
ReplyDeletefeel the curve of the land....nice...i like that part...and we do tend to try and bend them to our will...but it is surely not an easy thing to do...smiles.
ReplyDeletenicely done.....thaniks for sharing all
ReplyDeleteStripes to this land... you really cover a LOT with this poem. I liked "feel the curve of the land" Will we ever listen, will we ever learn. Sigh.
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