Safe Mode
Layered
Parceled
Expressions of a heart
a mind
a soul
Random
Disjointed
Until they coalesce
find their way to a page
a screen
No longer read only from memory
Yet not all see the light of day
Poetry
written in safe mode
Painting by Ron Schira ~ Safe Mode #36
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Works together beautifully. Evocative, the words layered too. (K)
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Thank you, Kerfe.
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The video adds depth to a wonderful poem.
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Thank you. 🙂
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Such a beautiful poem and recitation!
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Thanks!
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Yowza!!! More, PLEEEEZE!
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WooHoo!
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finely penned, Ken ~
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Merci!
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Lots of layers in words and image. Well-done with the video, too!
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Thank you, Merril.
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Very effective emphasis on layers …
and there are layers of safety taken with poems – to reveal to anyone or not? to make public or not? to rip to shreds upon completion, burn in ceremony, hide between journal pages …
I have a book’s worth of highly personal poetry that I’ve (thus far) chosen to keep “safe”. Other poems once “kept safe” have been shifted into share mode.
“Safe” is relative – if physically saved, it’s not all that safe from future eyes.
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Thank you, Jazz.
For a time, there were many times when I deflected questions regarding a poem – “Why can’t I imagine what someone in that situation might think?” – when, in hindsight, there was no imagining.
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really cool getting to hear the work and the images together love it 🙂 thanks for sharing
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Thank you!
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👍😊
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