Monday, March 22, 2010

Magpie Tales, Week 6


It's time again for Willow's Magpie Tales. Each week she posts a prompt around which a tale should be formed. Click the link above to see other offerings.




The sun wanders down the pavement
all southern & slow -
not a care in the world,
indifferent to any urgency
I may feel.
Deflated, like that damned tire,
I amble down the dappled street.
I think I'll have a mint julep
when I get home.

19 comments:

  1. I think you nailed that one, Bug!

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  2. a mint julep? i'll have one too.

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  3. I must remember to show this to my husband, Bug. He had a flat over the weekend and he'll particularly appreciate it.

    Very well done, and I do love pictures that inspire stories.

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  4. Oh that lucky old sun got nothing to do but roll around heaven all day.
    No wonder you're feeling deflated. Clever!

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  5. Love "all southern & slow"! I'm a northern girl, but, hey, pour me one, too!

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  6. So that's what they mean by Southern comfort. :-)

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  7. Have two, I hate f#*@ing flat tires...
    nice piece...
    ...rob
    Image & Verse

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  8. nice..i went the flat tire route as well...and yeah it may take a few to get over it...smiles.

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  9. Good one, Bug. Liked that sun "all Southern and slow".

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  10. Nice-- life in a positive perspective.

    Joanny

    pour me one too.

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  11. I love the laid back quality of this, the sun, the mint-julep. Nice!

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  12. Oh NO! Your tires all flat and junk! haha!

    Bug, I love this one!!! I hate flats ... actually, hate isn't a strong enough word. Uugh!

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  13. Hate flat tires. But love mint juleps! Very nice.

    www.angiemuresan.com

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  14. Love the lazy flow of this -- like air seeping out of a tire.

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  15. Your choice of words set the scene perfectly. Fun poem.

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  16. Laid back - southern style? I've only ever been to Noo York - that wasn't laid back. maybe i should head south next time.

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  17. omg...ARE YOU KIDDING...YOU CAN WRITE
    AND POETRY NO LESS!!!!
    That was so cleverly lined
    the tire just snuck up on me..and ILOVED the description of the sun as southern!

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