she makes blackout poems
from news headlines
the way leaves
overcome a storm
and cradle the last raindrops
as they drink the laundered light
the way no night can last long enough
the way no fear is dark enough
to stripe her new rainbow
she makes blackout poems
from news headlines
the way leaves
overcome a storm
and cradle the last raindrops
as they drink the laundered light
the way no night can last long enough
the way no fear is dark enough
to stripe her new rainbow
THOUGHT PURGE 
The rainbow can hold out on its own without much of difficulties
http://imagery77.blogspot.my/2017/06/ends-late-most-nights-in-preceding-days.html
Hank
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So hopeful. Robbing darkness of lasting power. Very cool
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Thanks Sabio π
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Perfection penned from the black chaos…love the hopefulness!
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Thanks Lynn..,need hope to navigative these troubled times.
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Blackout poems from news headlines and laundered light looks so complementary!
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Thank you Sreeja…
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That laundered light is a real treasure for the reader. Nice phrasing.
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Thank you π
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Wonderful!!! Especially in these days of in-your-face headlines and violent news….we must continue to see and stripe our own rainbows…find beauty in the midst of storms.
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Absolutely what I was thinking of. Thanks so much Lillian.
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I love the image of the leaf cradling raindrops lit with light and no fear dark enough to stripe her new rainbow. “Blackout” poems intrigue me. I like to think she is courageous and carries her truth in that leaf.
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Courage and hope…absolutely. Thanks so much Colleen.
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I like the way leaves drink the laundered light. The sky is calm after the storm and the light gets that faint quality. The earth is refreshed and at peace again
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Absolutely! Thanks so much!
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Seems the perfect way to stripe rainbow. Gorgeous.
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Thanks Sumana.
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no fear is dark enough to stripe her new rainbow… sigh.. beautiful!β€οΈ
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Thank you Sanaa π
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I’ve seen art with book pages of blackout messages. It’s fascinating. I like the phrase “no fear is dark enough to stripe her new rainbow”.
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Thanks Beverly. Much appreciated.
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I love the title… awesome, and then I really love the feeling of creating beauty from the black…
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Thanks Bjorn!!!
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Oh, blackout poems – remind me of Magaly! Such a gorgeous portrait of leaves that:
‘overcome a storm
and cradle the last raindrops
as they drink the laundered light’.
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Indeed, Magaly excels at it! Thanks Kim!!!
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Such powerful imagery here. Love the laundered light and the final lines:
the way no fear is dark enough
to stripe her new rainbow
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Thanks so much Marina. Hope has to beat fear somehow.
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That’s a great little poem with some wonderful imagery
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Thank you.
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I really like the “laundered light” – exactly right. i like this poem very much indeed.
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Thanks Sarah…with everything terrible happening around us, it is hard, but necessary, to hold on to hope I suppose.
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Look for the helpers, they say.
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I love that the leaves drink the laundered light. That will stay with me.
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Thank you. Glad you liked it π
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Complete thot! Completely amazing! Blow the smoke from the nib of that pen and holster your weapon.
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Love your comment π Thanks so much Charley.
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I liked the laundered light after the rainstorm.
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Thank you Frank!
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Oooh – ‘cradle the last raindrops’ – that line says so much, adds so much. Love this!
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Thanks Jilly!
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I admire the process of making those blackout poems ~ Love the title and new rainbow at the end ~
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I figured to make poetry from horrific headlines was a good metaphor for hope. Thanks Grace.
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“as they drink the laundered light” is just a gorgeous, gorgeous line. I LOVE the idea of blackout poems here…just such an incredible visual it creates.
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Thanks so much. Glad you liked it!
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A great piece, well done.
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Thank you π
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This is excellent.
“the way leaves
overcome a storm” … I love that.
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Thanks so much π
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