Cold
Misty
Walk beside
Foggy bottom,
Disappearing pond,
Where has all the blue gone?
Birds are silent, and I
Search the shore alone,
People are gone.
No chatter,
Nothing
Found.
Copyright 2014 Brenda Davis Harsham
Note: This is my version of a Dynamic poem. This form creates a crescendo in two verses with mood and syllable count, starting with a crescendo syllable count, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 then a decrescendo of 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. It’s similar to a ninette, which has the syllable count, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (see some examples of ninettes here).
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Beautiful poem. Then you for the introduction Laine Jenson.:)
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Thanks. Re Intro, my pleasure. She is lovely, as are you.
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thanks for following nutsrok.
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LOL I hope to have fun there. 🙂
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Hope so!
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I think Fogs and Mists really make the landscape spectacular 🙂
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Otherworldly and mysterious. 🙂
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Like a Memory just at the edge of perception 🙂
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A word on the tip of the tongue. 🙂
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That crescendo thingy really worked! – nice pic too, captures the mood for this time of year just as much as the poem.
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Fog seems like a time to contemplate.
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Wow! Nice job on both the syllable count and the mood crescendo. It worked!! (Don’t you love it when it does?)
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Great, thanks for the feedback. I do love it when things work out. 🙂 I have been learning piano and reading the crescendos and decrescendos. I did some fusion poetry. 🙂
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Lovely! You had me at the title!
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Thank! Good to know. 🙂
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I like this a lot. There is a spence of motion that accompanies me as a read and get caught up in the rhythm. It always amazes me how poets can accomplish so much with so few words.
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I hate typos. Sense, sense of motion. 🙂
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I got it. No worries.
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Thanks! 🙂 I liked your Garmin repartee. 🙂
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and the blue will return from the mist one day –
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Yes, one just has to wait for it… 🙂
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Beautiful:)
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Thanks!!
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this poem is such wonderful, beautiful and art!
http://kmihran.wordpress.com/2014/11/13/mihran-kalaydjian-mino-performing-to-you-alone-piano/
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Thanks@
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❤ Love it! ❤
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Thanks!!
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The intricacies of poetry escape me, but this in no way lessens my enjoyment of your work. Thank-you muchly.
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LOL You are not the first to make such a comment. I like that people like my poetry despite not being poetry fanatics themselves. Thanks for commenting. Warmly, Brenda
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It must be getting cold there. Stay warm.
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Yes, snow on the ground today. 🙂 Thanks!
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Our first apartment after marriage was in Foggy Bottom (DC). Thanks for the memories.
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Glad you liked it. 🙂
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Beautifully lonely poem Brenda. Reminded me of the scenes of the girl exploring outdoors in this likewise beautifully lonely music video:
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This reminds me of Nirvana. I like it, but it sure is lonely. Sad even.
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Your poem is beautiful and thought provoking. However, every single time after these poppy painting classes, I’m in such a great mood, that I start to think we are lacking bright red passion color in our lives. I believe, you would love to paint some poppy, too, wouldn’t you? We probably need to add some reds along the lonely shores …
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Yes!! What a fabulous idea. I rail against the disappearance of blue and long for reds!
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Foggy bottom is a delicious title. One is tempted to think soggy bottom as well. 😀
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If I had sat down… definitely the next poem might have started that way. LOL
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How cute, yet lonely. The poem seems to describe what a Nixie/Nixe is seeing!
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I was reading about nixies in Jinx by Sage Blackwood. Perhaps that put me in the mood. 🙂 Have a great weekend! Warmly, Brenda
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I looked up “Jinx”. it looks really interesting! Have a another fun week, miss Harsham! 8D
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Jinx was good, and Jinx’s magic was, too. We need a third book, though!
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I enjoy your creativity, Brenda! Thanks for your poems and photographs. 🙂
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What a nice thing to say! Thanks for your attention and time. 🙂 Warmly, Brenda
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Beautiful 🙂
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Thanks!
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🙂
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Thanks for liking one of my posts, it felt like serendipity to me, so I thought I’d see where your blog would take me. Thanks for the ride! Harlon
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A Patient Voice should always be heard. I enjoyed what I saw of yours. Take care, Brenda
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