Image: The Old War Office, London © Robin J Smith (my son)
Fitness for Purpose I
A fanciful waft of light
plays over the surface of
a jumbled panorama of dreams –
whose beauty belies purpose
as powerhouse of war.
Fitness for Purpose II
This picture by artist Brian Dettmer shows a sculpture made from an old book using surgical instruments. Despite the magical result, I am uncomfortable with this impairment of books.
Punctilious destruction
of precious old book
produces pretty picture
Margo Robey’s prompt today is to write a poem inspired by an image. I have done 2!
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How cool! Viv, I’m most impressed, (right now), with the serendipity…I just found a geode at the beach! I’ve never ever found one so it was a shock…I feel a little guilty as I took it home with me and the sign said not to but…it was a geode!
Any way when I first saw your first image I thought that the buildings looked like the inside of a geode…like crystals jutting into empty space and then you can imagine my surprise at your next image then!!
I love it…what does it mean these little coincidences. Sigh.
I love your description in the first of the “waft” of light. Brevity and beauty.
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Thanks, Hannah. I had to look up Geode!
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You’re welcome, Viv. Geodes are amazing huh!?
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I understand what you mean about the books. Apart from Madame Bovary, I have never enjoyed throwing away a book, no matter how damaged.
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And a book of maps as well – we hoard books and maps in this house! Sally
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This comment was from thehutts – Mum left her wordpress account logged on on Chrome when she visited in June and I didn’t spot it 🙂 Sally
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Fanciful waft of light
beautiful
Line of poetry
Brightens my day
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Thanks, Carol – that was a modification of a “found” phrase – I jot down things as I see or hear them, and ages later come across them in my notebok, or worse, on the margins of newspapers or other scraps of paper.
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I like the poems as contra-images. I’ve been to the War Office museum a number of times, but I’ve never seen its topside quite so well displayed.
I love the geode but I understand the discomfort. I was horrified when they tore covers off romances to send back to publishers for credit [my life at a bookstore period].
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