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jjote
Senior Member

since 2002-12-25

Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada

0 posted 2017-06-09 12:14 PM

(my nephew's travel photo - Rio de Janeiro)

I am hypnotized at the sight of golden crowns
a carnival morphing into bizarre celebration
an invisible glue binding them together into
a frenzied scrabble of human fragments
lost in mosaic - a spectacle of exuberance
melding into an opium dream.

The tension and excitement is palpable
One is drawn to it like moth to a flame
invigorating like brandy, heady and intoxicating
a mantle of glitter and splendor turns
the prod of life into a bauble of invincibility
surrendering to the thrills of the moment.

If I could be a leaf blown by the wind
flitting from one crown to the other
I would think no one would heed me
or whip me away, absorbed they are
dancing drunkenly in their madness
like a great wash of breaking waves.

But each year they come and gather
again to this carnival of carnivals
and I a leaf would probably be
with them being blown crazily
in spirit if not in body this way
and that way above their golden crowns

@jjote 06/09/17

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2017-06-09 01:59 PM

Wow! This rocks! Great images that really were effective. ~L

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

2 posted 2017-06-09 05:07 PM

Now that's a photo that will twist your brain, isn't it. Gosh help you if you're drunk and see it from your son's viewpoint!

Enjoyed . . .

j.

Poet In Pink
Senior Member
Posts 1066
MI

3 posted 2017-06-09 05:59 PM

Hello JJ Super photo and most enjoyed how you painted it with your words to enhance the effect ~ Alana

jjote
Senior Member

since 2002-12-25

Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada

4 posted 2017-06-09 09:47 PM

Thanks Lori, Jewesley and Pink. You make my day.

miscellanea
Member Elite

since 2004-06-24

Posts 4060
OH

5 posted 2017-06-12 03:11 PM

Super description and picture!!!
Much enjoyed.
~misc

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

6 posted 2017-06-12 10:16 PM

a surprising and very effective poem

yann

jjote
Senior Member

since 2002-12-25

Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada

7 posted 2017-06-14 10:02 AM

thanks miscellanea & 2islander2..didn't expect people to find this piece worth comment, so thanks again

EvaRoss
Junior Member
Posts 22

8 posted 2017-06-15 07:07 AM

poetry is art comes to mind when I read this
poem of all senses

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