Sometimes we want to be the hero and other times, the villain. Depends on our mood, really. It’s good to have choices.
Thanks to everyone who participated in last week’s poetry prompt. Here is a poem from the always-heroic Robbie that made us smile:
I was going to leap
Over buildings
In a single bound
I was going to go
‘Up! Up! And Away!’
But lack of imagination
Made me stay
Insecurities held me at bay
Left me standing before the gape
This and you were standing on my cape
PHOTO PLAY and PROMPT: There’s something in the air. Is it a battle between good and evil? Look for examples of the interplay between light and darkness and take a snapshot. Share your photograph with us.
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NOTE TO POETS: Looking for your Monday poetry prompt? On Photo Play weeks, it’s right here. Find inspiration from the photo in the post and respond with a poem. Leave your poem in the comment box. We’ll be reading. 
Photo by Jukka. Creative Commons license via Flickr. Post by Heather Eure.
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Robbie Pruitt says
Thank you for featuring my poem ‘The Unintentional Un-Super Hero’! I am honored to be featured here with so many wonderful and talented poets on Tweetspeak Poetry. Thank you all very much!
It was so enjoyable to read everyone’s poems from last week. I appreciated the complexity and richness of Richard Maxon’s ‘The Heart As Hero’ and L.L. Barkat’s thought provoking and questioning “Spider Woman”. I value being a part of such a talented community of poets. It’s humbling and I learn so much from you all. Thank you.
Donna Z Falcone says
Loved your poem, Robbie… the ending was such a clever surprise!
Robbie Pruitt says
Thank you Donna!
Sandra Heska King says
Ha! That last line had imagination. 😉
Robbie Pruitt says
Thank you Sandra!
Heather Eure says
Right back atcha, Robbie! We’re glad you’re here. 🙂
Donna Z Falcone says
My photo is on my blog, with a haiku that insisted.
http://thebrightersideblog.blogspot.com/2015/05/haiku-for-lyme-disease-awareness-month.html
Richard Maxson says
Heebie geebies aside, this is an amazing photo and pointed haiku. Not as many ticks in Arkansas as in North Carolina.
Your calling them monsters is appropriate.
Donna Z Falcone says
Thanks Richard. That’s good news… the fewer the better! 🙂
Heather Eure says
I screamed inside. Ticks are a formidable foe. *shudders*
okala chigozie says
nice …am gonna put artistic pictures…
come around my side I got an inspiring poem coming up
Martha Orlando says
Awesome, Robbie! I caught your wonderful poem because it was shared on Facebook by Sandra Heska King. So glad I took the time to read. Blessings!
Robbie Pruitt says
Thank you Martha! Appreciate your encouragement and taking the time to read and to comment.
Richard Maxson says
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/fa/f4/c6/faf4c66ceb5d62704c9d970b033df53e.jpg
Yang
Threads of light
tatter the lace
silhouetted along
December mountains,
like rising froth
from dark waves.
And a single bird,
free of this dark cloth
speaks for us
with its silent flight.
Robbie Pruitt says
I did not even see the bird at first glance. . . then again, this is what poets do, the poet speaks of birds. . .
Richard Maxson says
Thanks for reading and commenting, Robbie.
Richard Maxson says
A very clever poem, Robbie.
Robbie Pruitt says
Thank you Richard!
Monica Sharman says
These are from a recent trip to the aquarium:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/monica-sharman/16990775532/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/monica-sharman/16784764097/
Monica Sharman says
A poem for that first photo:
role reversal
moving to deeper waters
now I am the shark
Heather Eure says
Very nice, Monica!
Sandra Heska King says
These are photos I took of my daughter’s house fire Monday. They are just from my iPhone, but definitely a play between light and dark–and filled with heroes.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/18764622@N08/sets/72157652398706059/with/17462013348/
Heather Eure says
Oh no! Sorry to hear, Sandra. Hope everyone is okay. A home fire is such a devastating experience. Your daughter and family are in my thoughts.
…and I agree. Firemen are a good example of heroes.
Sandra Heska King says
Thanks, Heather. 🙂
S. Etole says
Premeditated?
Or not.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/45405642@N08/16627074322/in/dateposted-public/
Sandra Heska King says
Yikes! How’d you do that?
S. Etole says
I accidentally brushed the scissors when I was reaching across the counter and this is the way it landed. I could hardly believe my eyes.
Donna Z Falcone says
Whoa. That is so cool. And a little creepy 😉
S. Etole says
A mystery in the making, Donna.
Richard Maxson says
The scissors fall stuck
like jaws open and sharp
in adjacent light, the bows
and blades, the shadows,
kisses and hugs defy danger.
S. Etole says
Nice one, Richard.
Heather Eure says
I like the film noir mood you’ve created here. Dark and mysterious.
S. Etole says
Thank you. It reminds me of a book cover, Heather.
michelle ortega says
Here’s my offering for this week’s prompt. I must off to bed, but I will return tomorrow evening to read your posts!
http://curlygirlslp.blogspot.com/2015/05/a-sonnet-for-night.html
Heather Eure says
Creative photo, Michelle! The poem is a perfect fit.
An aside: Penumbra is in my favorite words list. 🙂