Thursday, July 24, 2014

Memory

     Image by Mama Zen

Small beauty
etched in bone,
folded in upon itself,
pressed into place
at the back of your mind.


For Mama Zen and all the toads in the Imaginary Garden.
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29 comments:

  1. FireblossomJuly 24, 2014 at 6:33 AM

    And there it is, forever. :-)

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  2. Other MaryJuly 24, 2014 at 6:39 AM

    For better or worse. :o)

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  3. hedgewitchJuly 24, 2014 at 7:04 AM

    The fossils of memory--how eloquent they are. Lovely, Mary.

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  4. Vandana SharmaJuly 24, 2014 at 7:29 AM

    For time immemorial fossils are the witness of past and present.

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  5. avalonJuly 24, 2014 at 7:55 AM

    .....from where it springs forth at unexpected moments...

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  6. Pat HattJuly 24, 2014 at 8:35 AM

    Stuck there forever in a day

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  7. HelenJuly 24, 2014 at 9:22 AM

    Oh yes, the priceless images stored in the backs of our minds ... when we are quiet and contemplative, we can call them forth ~ a lovely experience to be sure.

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  8. 21 WitsJuly 24, 2014 at 11:06 AM

    It is, you are so right. This image was my most favorite of them all, and what I used too.

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  9. JimJuly 24, 2014 at 10:47 PM

    Well, Mary, if one is to have things pressed into the back of ones mind forever then I am glad that this one is pretty (a beauty). Nicely written, it reads nice. A little scary in thought though.
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    1. Other MaryJuly 25, 2014 at 7:51 PM

      Thanks Jim. Lol, we can't win, both memory and forgetting are both a little scary. I'm not sure which is worse!

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  10. Magaly GuerreroJuly 24, 2014 at 11:06 PM

    Such a lovely portrait. The tone and structure compliment the image so well...

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  11. Kerry O'ConnorJuly 25, 2014 at 8:15 AM

    That last line seals the deal. Excellent!

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  12. BodhiroseJuly 25, 2014 at 12:56 PM

    I love it...both that petite, delicate fossil and your accompanying words.

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  13. Other MaryJuly 25, 2014 at 2:40 PM

    Thank you Bodhirose. Do you have a poetry blog so I can return the favor and read something of yours?

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  14. Maude LynnJuly 25, 2014 at 3:42 PM

    Oh, very cool!

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    1. Other MaryJuly 25, 2014 at 7:44 PM

      Thanks MZ, and thanks for those lovely pics!

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  15. AnonymousJuly 25, 2014 at 5:05 PM

    finely done, Mary ~

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  16. MargaretJuly 27, 2014 at 1:13 PM

    I adore the metaphor. Alzheimer's steals such treasures…

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  17. Other MaryJuly 28, 2014 at 9:15 PM

    Thnak you Margaret. Alzheier's is the worst. Absolutely.

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  18. Amrit SinhaAugust 1, 2014 at 2:13 AM

    Beautifully said.

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