Sunday, August 21, 2011

Magpie Tales Photo Prompt 79: On Being Driven



sedan




with air 
thick as dust - 
the black and
white of life and 
sepia imprint 
of moments, 


what novelty 
drove us to 
laughter, or 
frivolity 


mocking the 
modernity of 
our past? 


Poem ©2011 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo provided by Tess Kincaid

17 comments:

  1. I love-love-love "sepia imprint of moments", Rick.

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  2. A thoughtful, nostalgic piece...

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  3. 'mocking the modernity of our past.' I like that.

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  4. you pull out the best pieces and weave up a fine poem -

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  5. "what novelty". i wonder what is happening in the photographer's side of this image. steven

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  6. smiles. like that last line a lot rick...

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  7. Simplicity itself. Just the way I like it.

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  8. the nice lines made the black and white picture, colorful!..

    nice one!..

    JJRod'z

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  9. /with air thick as dust/
    you sweep us back through
    the decades of our boomer
    pasts, back to the angst, the
    hormones, 55 cent gas, and
    19 cent hamburgers.
    Nice piece, sir.

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  10. i like the thoughts you present with this piece.

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  11. Lovely words!very well written, I just loved the wordplay and emotion you have weaved here!

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  12. What novelty indeed Rick - laughter seemed to come easier...

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  13. Reading your title created an impression of desert dust clouding the black and white, blending to the sepia of modernity. Very nicely written.

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