Opening Night
Moon hangs like a tack
holding up the dark
waiting to reveal
heaven’s first act
in a theater
of late night drama
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~ Colleen Redman
"A blog is to a writer what a canvas is to an artist." ~ Colleen Redman
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September 13th, 2011 10:22 am
I love your writing. you should consider doing an on-line writing workshop. I’m in.
September 13th, 2011 11:17 am
Thanks, Becky. I don’t know if I could break down what I do in a way that would be helpful to others, although I have guided children in writing poetry before.
September 13th, 2011 5:00 pm
Great take on the photo, “holding up the dark” never thought of it that way.
September 13th, 2011 7:39 pm
nice…love to look at the night sky…perhaps the clouds will part to hundreds of stars to watch us…
September 13th, 2011 9:50 pm
Lovely, Colleen. I like the picture .
September 14th, 2011 6:22 am
Ahh! Can you hear my speechlessness? Such a pleasure to read your words… // Peter.
September 14th, 2011 7:53 am
It looks a little scary to me!!
September 14th, 2011 7:54 am
Because the shape of the clouds look like the silhouette of a BAT of some sort.
September 14th, 2011 1:04 pm
I LOVE this, Colleen….It is like a theatrical ‘Happening’, isn’t it?
September 14th, 2011 5:26 pm
Beautiful lines…the moon makes a great muse. The sun was my muse this week.
September 14th, 2011 8:03 pm
This is great Colleen and I saw a challenge to write a one or two line to express all and you did this so well good job
http://gatelesspassage.com/2011/09/13/a-new-life-begins/
September 15th, 2011 12:39 am
I like how the moon seems to play supporting by being a tack by which the darkness hangs, rather than the main subject or focus. Sounds like an awesome start to an amazing night’s play.
September 15th, 2011 1:41 pm
I love star gazing… I think it is entirely romatic. I have never seen it described quite like this before. The moon as a tac holding up the black night…. that is awesome! shhhhhhhhhhh…. I’m at work in my cubicle while reading this, looking at all the pages tacked to the walls…. none of them are this beautiful…… thank you for sharing this….
September 16th, 2011 1:40 am
Fan-ta(ck)-stic simile!
September 22nd, 2011 8:47 am
splendid