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



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12 comments:

  1. Mystic_MomAugust 8, 2011 at 8:49 AM

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

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  2. Brian MillerAugust 8, 2011 at 9:03 AM

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

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  3. BerowneAugust 8, 2011 at 12:23 PM

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

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  4. Brigid O'ConnorAugust 8, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    Thought provoking Magpie, so much in so few words.

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  5. Everyday GoddessAugust 8, 2011 at 7:21 PM

    lost to all reason when those long hot nights happen.

    which is a good thing sometimes.

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  6. SuzAugust 9, 2011 at 7:31 AM

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

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  7. Maude LynnAugust 9, 2011 at 10:22 AM

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

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  8. LynAugust 9, 2011 at 3:38 PM

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

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  9. JJ Roa RodriguezAugust 10, 2011 at 8:50 AM

    good one Rick!

    JJRod'z

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  10. LydiaAugust 11, 2011 at 2:56 AM

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

    Very lovely and haunting, really.

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  11. Tess KincaidAugust 11, 2011 at 3:33 PM

    No effort at all. Beautiful.

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  12. HelenAugust 11, 2011 at 5:27 PM

    Simply elegant ...

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