A window gives the wall its sight
To spread day’s light
Or after day
Show stars at play.
The snow and rain caress its face.
It stays in place,
Much like the wall
That holds back all.
Its eye of curiosity
Stares patiently,
Helps laughter sing
The songs we bring.
Linked to dVerse Poetics “Looking Out / Looking In”. Lillian is hosting with the theme of windows.
Photo: “Same Window Different Views” by the author.
I have also linked this to the imaginary garden with real toads’ Tuesday Platform.
You had me with the first line, Frank!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE that first line! Enjoyed peeking through your window here too 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
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I’m glad you liked that first line about giving the wall vision. Thanks, Lillian, and thanks for the prompt!
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Eye of curiosity – what a great job of personifying the window! And thank you for sharing the maples and evergreens of the midwest 🙂
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I glad the maples and evergreens remind you of the Midwest. I am also glad you enjoyed the personifying of the window. Thanks, Jill!
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Great view, Frank! Is that a fountain in the top photo?
I like the opening line very much and the thought that a window shows stars at play and that ‘The snow and rain caress its face’.
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Yes, it’s a fountain. The reservoir was required to avoid flooding issues that the town has had problems with in the past. It is a long dug out depression leading to the rainwater drainage system. During the last heavy rainstorm we had it worked as expected. There is always some water in the reservoir to make it more attractive with a fountain, but it is not for swimming. Thanks, Kim!
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An excellent reflection on windows. You wrote them well. And you have a nice view, to boot!
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Thanks, Charley! The view is westward and apparently it is the right Feng Shui for us according to my wife’s calculations. It is relaxing watching the Sun set and seeing Venus and Mercury in the early evening when they are present.
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That would be cool! We go out and look for them when we aren’t being deluged.
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Wow! This is great. I loved every line of your minute poem. I also love this form.
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Thank you! I recently heard about the form from a post last month by method two madness: https://methodtwomadness.wordpress.com/2017/06/29/grateful/ On Thursday, I will post a dVerse Form for All featuring the minute form although I don’t know much about it.
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I only recently learned about it myself, and I’ve used it twice, but I will definitely use it more. It’s quickly becoming one of my favorite forms. I want to write a minute poem about time, ironically enough. 🙂
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Come to think of it, writing one about time seems like a good idea.
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Love that rhythm!
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Thank you! I hope if the poem’s meaning doesn’t make sense, the sound will be pleasing.
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You’ve really made this form your own, Frank. You do it well. It suits the mock serious tone too.
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Thanks, Jane! I like the variation in sound this form has in comparison to common meter.
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It sort of goes back and forth on itself, rather than rolling forward in a predictable line.
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I first heard of the minute form a few weeks ago from method two madness and they said they heard about it from you, Jane. Tomorrow it will be the dVerse form for all challenge.
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That’s good to hear! I ran a poetry challenge for a year and tried out lots of forms that were new to me. The minute form was one of my favourites 🙂
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You win at the rhythm here, Frank! Fun and whimsical and brought a smile to my face 🙂
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Thank you, Jade! I’m glad you enjoyed the rhythm.
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Well, 60 syllables in 60 seconds, with enough cheerfulness to make dread buoyant–this piece made me smile; may have cracked my face–cool images too.
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One could do both a quadrille and a minute poem at the same time. I’m glad you liked the image and poem, Glenn!
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Wow Frank. This is beautiful . Thank you
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Thank you, Ben! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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I like your view…so curiosity says..where is it? It looks like a bridge.. I like that you have thought about this from the wall and window’s perspective..
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I personified the wall and gave it an eye or window. The view is of a bridge that crosses a rainwater reservoir. Some of the water is left in the reservoir so fountains can make it look more attractive and it does look like a park when we walk outside. It worked well during the heavy rainstorm we had recently. Thanks, Alison!
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I so enjoyed the playful movement in this minute poem form–thanks for these examples.
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I like the form as well. It sounds nice and a variation from common meter. Thanks, Victoria!
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You are superb with these form Frank ~ Love the rhythm and cadence from first to last line ~ And also your photos – such gorgeous views from your house ~
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Thanks, Grace! I am glad you liked the photos and poem. It is a west-facing street view with a rainstorm pond in front to add interest.
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I love this one Frank.
And when i read them out loud it was like music to my ears…
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Thank you! I try to make the meter rhythmical so the poems sound good just in case they might not be clear.
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Thanks..
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All my life, I have enjoyed looking in windows, imagining the lives inside, and looking out, enjoying the view from whichever home I am currently in. Loved your poem.
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Thank you, Sherry! When I walk in residential areas I also wonder about the lives contained in each of those different homes. They are mysteries. It is not just the views they might have from their windows, but how the people inside see those views and how they get along.
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I like the view from your window! And what an absolute joy of a poem. You truly have made the minute form your own – the rhythm is so nice. I love how you personified the window.
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Thank you, Toni! The view is from my home office. Plants block most of it while I’m working, but I walk past it daily. I am glad you liked the poem.
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🙂
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I like this! Has a very different feel to it 🙂
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Thanks, Jael! It reminds me of common meter with shorter lines.
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Yes, it’s wonderful!
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This is wonderful. I love the beginning, give wall its sight. There’s so much to love here.
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Thank you, Sascha! The window seems like an eye with the house looking in and out. I hope it likes what it sees.
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I love your window views, both in photos and in words. The first line reads almost like an adage. By the way did we see the details of your top photo in the quadrille prompt yesterday? Those greenery by the pathway?
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It probably could become an adage by itself. The greenery was in a park in the quadrille. It was about 10 miles or so from where we live. It was an entrance to the forest preserve which was closed because of flooding. I figured the river would be high, but I didn’t realize it would overflow the trail as well. It is still flooded with side roads blocked going across that river. Thanks, Sumana!
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I love this Frank. It is so happy and uplifting.
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I am glad you enjoyed it. I think reality is ultimately uplifting even when it seems impossible to be so. Thanks, Robbie!
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Amazing views from your window. Wonderful poem, so light and airy. Love the personification.
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Thanks, Lynn! I am glad you liked the personification and the views.
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How brilliantly observed and written with such wisdom too!
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Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed this.
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I love your use of form, it works so well. You have a knack for sounding unforced (unfair of me – I know it’s lots of work to sound so natural) – and I love the series of images. I’m very nosy, so I’m enjoying people’s views.
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I’m enjoying the views others have as well. It is a good way to get to know each other. The hardest part is finding something worth saying. I’m glad you liked the sound of the poem!
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I am a great fan of wide windows and natural light.. just don’t like the idea of people looking in after dark.
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There isn’t much they are going to see through that window. It is mostly blocked by plants growing near the window. But the window does allow viewing both ways. Thanks, Kerry!
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I like so many lines in this Frank…’gives the wall its sight’ gives a new perspective.
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When that part came unexpectedly, it surprised me, and then I let the personification flow. Thanks, Janice!
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The window as an individual, it seems, alive, stirring, and with personality…
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Yes, that’s what I began thinking when writing that poem. It might be nutty, but I figure it doesn’t hurt to personalize it. Thanks, Kathy!
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That is a very poetic view!
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Thanks, Annell! I am glad you enjoyed it.
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I love this all the way through Frank, including the wonderful personality you give this window :o)
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Thanks, Xenia! It does feel different being by that window because I look out it often. A wall would not distract me from my movement across the room and down the stairs.
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Wonderfully poetic!❤️
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Thank you, Sanaa! I’m glad you liked it!
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I love your opening line and that snow and rain caress its face. Perfect!
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Thank you, Sarah! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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I think that I will stand up and read this one to my window, while telling her that I will never look at her in the same way again. Love the descriptions.
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Thank you, Magaly! It didn’t occur to me that the window was the wall’s eye looking at me. Maybe the personification is a bit much, but I figure it doesn’t hurt.
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Fully enjoyed this….all about windows came alive!
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Yes, they did seem to come alive. Thank you, Sreeja!
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You’ve made great use of the form, and I love the multiple views. A window has moods too! (K)
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Thank you! And thank you for using the minute form a few weeks ago. That was the first time I heard of it. I am seeing what kind of poems fit in its patterns.
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As much as Nature
may disagree
with
me
in terms
of smell and taste
and touch and general
proprioception too.. what
a gift a 4 inch window
to view UniVerse
as wHole
from
fours
eyes
coMes more..
even pasty without sun
moonlit without romance
Still BRinGinG more as drones
to the
entire
human
race as
King and
Queen Bees
Dance and Sing..
thank you Sheldon Cooper.. for opening
Gates and getting Jobs done for Heaven’s throneS NoW..:)
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I liked this: “even pasty without sun
moonlit without romance” Thanks, Fred!
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Great article Frank!
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Thank you!
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A lovely, light easy poem to read Frank.
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Thank you, Kim! I like poems light and easy and hopefully lovely.
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