Pound
Sunglasses
Wild
Those are the three words Bone chose for his meme, Three Word Wednesday today. I like those three words!
Body Language
He stands tall,
chest puffed out
hands at ready
sunglasses hiding
his next move from us –
he thought.
So caught
in his self-importance
he forgot
women
could
read body language.
She had
not
forgotten
her body could be read
by one caught up in
emotions
of
supremacy,
and stood between
the wild man
and her child,
exuding calm –
Inside she was not
just a lioness
ready to pounce
to protect her cub,
but a mother
ready
to
pound
the monster hiding behind sunglasses
straight
into
the
ground.
MeeAugraphie
09/05/07
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Oooooh. This is nice Marcia. I love the tension and fierceness exuded by her.
Rose
xo
She was fierce in my head, Rose, thank you.
Loved your use of the words… and the sentiment that a mother protects the child at all costs. It’s universal, I think. BTW, it white on yellow for the first two fields is horrid. You have to hope you spelled your name and e-mail add correctly.
Sorry, again, Gay… I am learning as I go, think finally, days later, I have a template we can ALL live with… Thank you for the comment on my use of the words.
Great poem with vivid imagery.
Gay, to double check what you typed in name, email and site boxes — highlight them like you want to delete it — then you can see it …
SuseADoodle – glad you found the imagery vivid and thanks for the info for those struggling because I messed up my template a bit…
YIKES! Dear readers: On my iMac computer and using Firefox: to post a comment, the background you type on is dark gray, the letters white…. I will go use another computer to see what the white and yellow is since I am logged in all the time…I am trying to figure it out! Don’t want it to be horrid! Will get it fixed now or just change templates as much as I love this one.. I hate missing or making comments difficult.. I thought I had it fixed… Sincere apologies and thanks to all who have tried so hard to comment.
Oh, I really enjoyed this one – it pulled me right in!
Pulling you in, This Girl Remembers, is exactly what I want…thank you.
I think most people’s names etc are embedded
The imagery is beautiful and very true
Thanks, Pia. It is very true for some people…. and thanks for commenting on the embedded names…
that was very taut… i could feel the hair bristling to life on the back of her neck… excellent……
Thank you, Paisley… I’m glad you read that much into it.
I finally made it over to your website. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your poems. I love what you did with the last line, first line in Poetry Tumble and this week’s 3WW is astounding. I love a strong woman character/ mother in this case. Protecting a child is so hard sometimes. My child is a teenager and doesn’t always want that motherly instinct to kick in. She thinks she can protect herself now, I guess. At some point I will have to let her fight her own battles but, I don’t like the idea of letting go.
Keep up the good work. Your site is really nice.
Good night.
Michelle
Thank you, Michelle!! We can’t fight all their battles, but as long as we fight those first ones, I suppose they have a good example to use when they fight their own… but, yes, it is hard to let them.
Wow! Powerful and natural words bring the image to life – great!
Susan, glad it was brought to life for you, thank you.
A story in a poem. So very beautifully done. Powerful words too.
Thank you, Gautami.
Wow, it kept me riveted till the end! Nicely done!
Tc, glad you found it riveting! Thank you.
Good job, Marcia
Impressive that you were able to set a scene, include the backdrop of body language, and do it all within the lines of a poem.
I can’t help but sing the words, “Body Language” when you write them. I was trying to set the scene, thank you.