Opal Reflections
Perspectives through Prose, Poetry and Photography
Pietà
This Entry is in response to Trifextra Week 58 Writing challenge:
The word lithium comes from the Greek word lithos, which means stone (http://chemistry.about.com/od/lithium/a/10-Lithium-Facts.htm). This weekend, we want you to give us a thirty-three word response using the word stone as one of your thirty-three words. You can use any definition of the word that you’d like, but we are specifically looking for serious, well-conceived entries. This isn’t the weekend for light-hearted posts about the difficulty of posting before the linkz close, and we are not looking for hilarious commentary about your cats (THIS time). We want something serious and deep from you guys this weekend, because the sun is starting to shine a bit more, and we think we can handle it now. Take your time with it and give us your very best work.
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Lighthouse in the Mist, Cape May, NJ
Bandit
Festive View from the Pub, Peddler’s Village – Lahaska, PA.
Home Sweet Home
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Gorgeous tribute to a beautiful, heart-wrenching sculpture. Your form works so well for you here.
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Thank you…I start off intending to just write prose until, all of a sudden the structure of poetry emerges. I appreciate you feedback, very much.
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The middle stanza is just gorgeous.
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That was my favorite, as well. Since this piece ended up being about how he could breathe life into stone, I accomplished my objective. Thank you.
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Your words capture the raw emotion of the statue. Well done.
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Thank you..it’s always moved me to tears.
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That statue is amazing and your accompanying words add more depth to it. The turmoil Mary must have felt…
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Beautiful and heart-wrenching! What a wonderful use of the prompt. I really love the line “Man’s redemption borne of her anguish” – well done!
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Thank you, Suzanne. It is exec illy poignant in Lent. The Pieta has always touched my heart strings ..as a Catholic, as a mother, and as an appreciator of art. Thank you for your comment.
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…meant to say “especially poignant”. Auto spell check has its pitfalls.
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Oh I love the wrenching immortality bit. Awesome job.
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That statue is a mother’s anguish made real. Every time I see pictures of it, it grips my heart.
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Yes – Mine too. It is amazing that Michelangelo created a piece fill with the depths of human emotion – a Mother’s grief and anguish from a chunk of stone.
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