Monday, 20 June 2011

Magpie Tales # 70 ~ Mute ~


I stare at you.
A silver tear-trail
on a glossy cheek
breaks your heart.

You want to know my story....
I cannot tell you.
My age has made me mute.

I am but dust and 
a face with a silver
tear-trail.
For sale.
20th June, 2011
Thank you for the image prompt Magpie Tales
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19 comments:

  1. Jinksy20 June 2011 at 19:30

    And yet her face speaks volumes...

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  2. Sioux Roslawski20 June 2011 at 19:54

    It is as if this photo is speaking--beseechingly--to us.

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  3. helen20 June 2011 at 22:08

    Hi Jinksy ~ doesn't it though. Such a poignant image. This is all I could manage today. Thanks for visiting.

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  4. helen20 June 2011 at 22:10

    Hi Sioux...yes, and the feelings I had about it were much more than I was able to express...but I had to try.

    Thanks for calling in.

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  5. Reflections20 June 2011 at 22:18

    This photo has struck such a wonderful chord in so many... a longing to know and understand her.

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  6. helen20 June 2011 at 22:34

    Hi Reflections...yes exactly. It makes me wish that somehow, somewhere she feels this. Thank you for visiting.

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  7. DebbyMc21 June 2011 at 00:13

    Yes, I wonder what she would think...She could never imagine the world we live in that we could all be seeing her photo, which was in her time technologically advanced... Lovely, poignant post.

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  8. Glenn Buttkus21 June 2011 at 00:19

    I loved your poem, for it
    creates life from the inanimate,
    which reinforces the notion
    that images do contain, have
    stolen a tiny part of the sacred
    soul, and you connected with the
    spark, let it move through you,
    let it use your lips, and your
    voice, and your heart, just for
    a wondrous moment,

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  9. Kay L. Davies21 June 2011 at 06:28

    I hope you're right. I hope she knows we care.
    — K

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  10. Lyn21 June 2011 at 15:05

    This face has really stirred up so much about her...you found a good angle!

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  11. Margaret21 June 2011 at 16:46

    "I am but dust"... And yet, she is still connecting. Wonderful

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  12. Tess Kincaid22 June 2011 at 17:31

    This is lovely. I wondered if anyone would pick up on the reflection that looks like a tear trail.

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  13. Lucy Westenra22 June 2011 at 18:14

    This is the first Magpie I have read that makes something of the reflection or printing imperfection at the side of her nose. An interesting Magpie.

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  14. Martin22 June 2011 at 19:39

    Nice one. Age has made her mute, but there's still a question in her expression.

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  15. Tumblewords:23 June 2011 at 00:39

    I am dust - yes, but she exudes an energy and question, even so. Nicely crafted.

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  16. Anonymous23 June 2011 at 06:37

    It does look like a tear trail! Perhaps its what subconsciously made my post sad lol Lovely =)

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  17. hyperCRYPTICal24 June 2011 at 21:10

    Ooh this is good!

    Anna :o]

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  18. Anonymous28 June 2011 at 00:57

    brilliant word play.
    love your magpie.


    share 1 to 3 poems with poetry potluck week 41 today.

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  19. Daydreamertoo1 July 2011 at 22:54

    And, a picture paints a thousand words. Never forotten.
    Lovely prose.

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