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28 Responses to “mirage”

• honey Says:
  August 2nd, 2011 at 8:27 am

  i am very intrigued when you create your abstractions. i love them. i am not sure about “swallow,” as i went to many places with that word that didn’t seem to fit with the fluid beauty of the image for me….these are my morning thoughts with coffee…

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• elk Says:
  August 2nd, 2011 at 8:31 am

  mesmerizing photo and thoughts …always ..

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• Kathryn Dyche Dechairo Says:
  August 2nd, 2011 at 9:40 am

  Love this.

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• missing moments Says:
  August 2nd, 2011 at 11:06 am

  Now I’m going to have to ponder on that one a bit.

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• Pat Hatt Says:
  August 2nd, 2011 at 3:03 pm

  First I took it literally and was all stumped now I think I get it. Not what you see but what you do about it.

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• Anna Montgomery Says:
  August 2nd, 2011 at 3:10 pm

  Potent poem in a small package, well done.

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• brian Says:
  August 2nd, 2011 at 3:18 pm

  nice…love that second stanza…how true…its not what is outside but what we allow in that colors us…great piece…

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• hedgewitch Says:
  August 2nd, 2011 at 3:29 pm

  A lot wrapped in this small package. Each word is used to maximum effect. Pretense, mirage, self-deception, be careful what you’re willing to swallow.

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• Kelvin S. M. Says:
  August 2nd, 2011 at 3:31 pm

  ..ah, i like your ending note to this.. it chimes through my ears..(:

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• claudia Says:
  August 2nd, 2011 at 3:31 pm

  ..what you see

  matters less

  than what

  you

  swallow…i esp. love that last part…read it a few times…short but deep piece

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• Randy Behavior Says:
  August 2nd, 2011 at 3:52 pm

  Tight and curious.

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• C Rose Says:
  August 2nd, 2011 at 3:57 pm

  Perfection in short form! Wonderfully messaged ~ Rose

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• Patricia Says:
  August 2nd, 2011 at 3:57 pm

  somehow ‘mute repercussions’ made me think of choking… and not believing what others may try to cram down our throats. Maybe I’m trying too hard here… but you’ve got me thinking!

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• Uneven Stephen Says:
  August 2nd, 2011 at 4:42 pm

  Very thought-provoking; I love the image. Thanks for sharing.

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• Daydreamertoo Says:
  August 2nd, 2011 at 5:05 pm

  So short but packs a powerful punch. Lots of hiiden depth to it, too.
  A great read, thank you.

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• Tom Eliot Says:
  August 2nd, 2011 at 5:39 pm

  An enchanting Infra write which is expands in the mind

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• Joe Hesch Says:
  August 2nd, 2011 at 5:53 pm

  Interesting combination of soft image in the photo and first part, combined with a simple fact in the last. In all, a very effective bit of verse.

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• poemblaze Says:
  August 2nd, 2011 at 7:28 pm

  Well, I’ll bite (pun intended) and do the rorschach test. The blurred image created a cross with a bit of a halo at the center. So it might be about whether one swallows religious belief? … Dunno. But intriguing.

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• Kate Says:
  August 2nd, 2011 at 7:53 pm

  I would love to write this simply and eloquently!

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• Mama Zen Says:
  August 2nd, 2011 at 9:37 pm

  Very cool!

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• Hope Says:
  August 2nd, 2011 at 10:03 pm

  lovely message.. something to ponder upon

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• Elizabeth Young Says:
  August 2nd, 2011 at 10:13 pm

  Love these small pieces of finely tuned dynamite!!

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• Gavin P (@thezenofgavin) Says:
  August 3rd, 2011 at 6:32 am

  Delightful… thank you!

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• Debbie Says:
  August 3rd, 2011 at 6:55 am

  I love the shades of green, lovely.

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• Stereo Says:
  August 3rd, 2011 at 7:57 am

  I don’t know how you do it but I hope you continue/

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• Heaven Says:
  August 3rd, 2011 at 3:04 pm

  i like it…and lovely picture too~ very refreshing ~

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• haikudoyou Says:
  August 3rd, 2011 at 10:01 pm

  Tight!- beautiful image and thoughtful read

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• Aching for you to seep in through my thirsty skin Says:
  August 4th, 2011 at 1:42 am

  […] Listen to Teresa read Lit From Your Vast Mystery awkward and alien I am             a step out of time aching for you         to seep in through my thirsty skin begging to be drenched by […]

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