Monday, August 8, 2011

Magpie Tales Photo Prompt 77: Hot August Night







hot August night 




if night lasts 
a week of nights


if darkness 
shelters reason 


what effort 
is required 
to cast away 
fear of living 
outside the 
beckon 
of a suitor's 
call?






Poem © 2011 R. Burnett Baker 
Painting "Summer Evening" by Edward Hopper, 1947
Magpie Tales prompt courtesy of Tess Kincaid



12 comments:

  1. Oh I love this! Deep sigh. I do love it.

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  2. oh i think i know a few who can not live without it...

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  3. We've all known those nights that last a week of nights...

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  4. Thought provoking Magpie, so much in so few words.

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  5. lost to all reason when those long hot nights happen.

    which is a good thing sometimes.

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  6. here's to long summer nights that last a week of nights
    hot hot hot

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  7. The look on her face . . . this really nails it.

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  8. This has a real urgency about it..like a pulse..good!!

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  9. I read this more than once, to figure, to remember....

    Very lovely and haunting, really.

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