Poetry from Julie Jordan Scott: Five by Five by Five (A Poem) inspired by Magpie Tales

May 31, 2015

Five by Five by Five (A Poem) inspired by Magpie Tales

Poem: Five by Five by Five by Julie Jordan Scott - Photo by Toni Friselle

Photo by Toni Friselle - Prompt by Magpie Tales, Blogspot

Spirited away

waving slow goodbye

sixty seven days

floating face up

belief buoys me

Feet sink faster

Feel them calling me

Under muck’s fragrance

Lost in letting go

Your process is yours

Sixty seven days

Timid eyebrows lift

Yesterday’s perfume

Will not be rising

(No room for surprise)

Bangles are silent

Been a long, long time

What is disturbing?

Leave discovery

Pick it up later

Counting sidewalk cracks

Sixty seven days

You hid briefly, here

Single file through stream

underwater life

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Visual prompt from Magpie Tales, a writing community. Feeling inspired? Write from the image and add your link, too.

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Comments

oh my....sixty seven days is a very long time....well done!

Posted by: Kathe W. | June 01, 2015 at 09:15 AM

Sixty seven days - that's sum bobbing! Enjoyed this.....

Posted by: Helena | June 01, 2015 at 10:48 AM

great imagination !

Posted by: Sandra | June 01, 2015 at 02:02 PM

Feels like Deaths slinky embrace , but theres nothing to be afraid of , we westerners just dont handle it well , i sometimes feel

Posted by: Kutamun | June 01, 2015 at 08:37 PM

A most bittersweet goodbye... and yet still always moved and always wise and refreshed in knowing her way.

Posted by: Karen S. | June 03, 2015 at 07:18 AM

Idea of 67 days is intriguing.

Posted by: Theresa Milstein | June 04, 2015 at 10:25 AM

I love the notion of timid eyebrows...lovely...

Posted by: Tess Kincaid | June 05, 2015 at 12:25 PM

Love the repetition, really connects the poem. I also enjoyed all the little details: timid eyebrows, yesterday's perfume, bangles are silent

Posted by: Bohemian NERD | June 06, 2015 at 06:48 AM

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