Snapshots
i
Blue cloud-puffed sky blanket
cushions sweetening pears
on leafy pillows as
they dream of wet wanders,
wobbling in verdant peace.
ii
Moist sacred mountains
yield lonely rock rain while
bright animal spirits watch
autumn wind macerate lichen,
soon dust motes in the snow.
This is an Oracle composition with some tweaking.
De Jackson is today’s host of dVerse. De says:
New to the Q? Here’s what to do: Show us your skywriting by penning a poem of exactly 44 words, including some semblance of the word sky.
Tao Talk 
I love the images you paint… I travel from orchards to the mountain with your words
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So happy to hear it, thank you.
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“lonely rock rain”
**swooooning** over this phrase, Lisa!
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:)
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Very beautifully and exquisitely penned, as always. <3
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Lucy thank you :)
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This is gorgeous, Lisa! 💝💝
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Thank you, Sanaa :)
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I love the images of nature here, which seems very much to be alive in spirit. I especially love ‘ lonely rock rain’ – absolutely beautiful!
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Thanks, Ingrid. The Oracle brought it to me :)
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blue puffed sky blanket and
lonely rock rain . . .
two absolutely beautiful and imaginative descriptions.
A beautiful write. Two snapshots indeed.
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:) Thanks much, Lillian.
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Wow, the imagery in this is on another level. I paint such beautiful pictures of nature in my mind 😊
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Hannah, thank you :)
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It’s always a pleasure 🌺
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:)
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A very damp poem, so much in tune with the changing season.
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Harvest is a juicy time of year, and moisture is a permanent resident of the mountains. Thanks for reading, Jane.
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My pleasure :)
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Lovely descriptions–I like the blue puffed sky blanket, and the watching animal spirits.
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Thanks much, Merril :)
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You’re welcome. 😀
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Your snapshots are so vivid, Lisa, and I had to read them aloud, the phrases are so plump on the tongue, especially ‘blue cloud-puffed sky blanket’. I also love the idea of the alliterative ‘wet wanders’ and the way the autumn wind macerating lichen makes me shiver.
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Thank you very much, Kim.
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I imagine myself lying in the grass looking up to the sky and dozing off to visualize your first stanza, hopefully waking before experiencing your second. ;)
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LOL. I was hoping these two stanzas could work together. You’ve just become a living liaison as to how ;)
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WOW, fantastic images, your little poem is chuck full of awe. Thanks for dropping by to read mine
Happy Monday
Much💜love
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Hi Lisa! This is something I need to share with my fellow writers here at dVerse. I so enjoy reading the work that you create and post, and am genuinely honored to be embraced as a part of this community of poets. May we all find healing in these challenging times. And as a true aquarian love child, and also a proud flower child of the 60’s, who truly believed then we would some day change the world to be a better place for all, and still believes that we might yet do it — I wish each of you peace, health, and love. Write on!
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Thank you so much for your words of affirmation and encouragement. Rob, I share your sentiments about your writing and the others who share their work at dVerse.
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I love the snapshots specially the first one with: cushions sweetening pears.
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Thank you, Grace.
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Beautiful word pictures!
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Thank you :)
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Of course my friend
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A sky blanket…i like that idea. (K)
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:)
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Haiku-esque these two gems. I really liked the last line – ‘soon dust motes in the snow’ – it has a fine outward forward looking tone. Autumn here in all its chilly richness. Lovely.
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Thanks, Peter. Yours is the last comment I’m reading of the evening. Nice way to end the day.
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I linger at every word here Lisa. Your writing makes me stop and use all my senses to take in the beautiful imagery 🥰
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Christine, so glad you enjoyed the imagery <3
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Such beautiful imagery you have created here, Lisa. And I have to agree with Ken!
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Why thank you, Dale :)
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😊
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“Sacred mountain” and “lonely rock” – love the flow of images against the sky.
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Thank you, Dora.
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