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communication;
private ownership over
public property
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photo and Senryu by Brad Frederiksen
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The OSI prompt this week provided the perfect excuse to pull this photo out of my collection and do something worthwhile with it. Hope you enjoy the result as much as I did.
July 28, 2008 at 7:51 pm |
I love this one Brad, so simple yet so accurate.
July 28, 2008 at 9:22 pm |
The body language in this photo is wonderfully expressive. Your poem perfectly mirrors it.
July 28, 2008 at 9:36 pm |
It is nevertheless surprising how inherently communistic communication is: it cannot but help resent the fact that it is “owned”.
July 28, 2008 at 11:03 pm |
Very aptly put..
;)
weed it out
July 28, 2008 at 11:23 pm |
Absolutely. Well done. Thanks for saying what I never could have.
July 29, 2008 at 2:37 am |
All about face?
July 29, 2008 at 3:44 am |
Brilliant… never thought of it in that way before…
July 29, 2008 at 5:37 am |
I confess that I had to Google Senryu! Yours is spot on!
July 29, 2008 at 7:34 am |
Right said, Fred! :-)
thanks,
karen
July 29, 2008 at 10:27 am |
you know no 1 it’s as if you opened a world that was never spoken outloud.. subtle and yet so powerful..
July 29, 2008 at 11:13 am |
Well said. I never would have thought of it that way. Very cool.
July 29, 2008 at 1:38 pm |
A lot of philosophy in this poem: to what extent is commununication Private? Public? or a bit of both? possibly yin and yang?
Thank you for making us think-and by the,great poem!
July 29, 2008 at 5:40 pm |
Thanks everyone.
Nathalie – I love the form your question takes. A very clever presentation of the questions that Edward has raised.
July 29, 2008 at 10:39 pm |
Well, I sure learned a lot this morning – I didn’t know about senryu, and now have enjoyed yours, plus I read your comment on mine, and discovered the Joe Walsh’s, The Confessor. I’m a real James Gang fan but am deficient is some of his later solo work. Thanks!
July 29, 2008 at 11:17 pm |
from the image, it doesn’t seem like they’re actually communicating as one of them had their face turn away, the poem does ask some serious questions
July 30, 2008 at 5:54 am |
First I looked up “Senryu”. WOW! Your poem is right on. I like the form. Beautiful poetry and picture!
July 30, 2008 at 7:35 am |
An interesting response to the prompt and a great photo that begs to be interpreted.
July 31, 2008 at 4:14 am |
..the air,the sky,sunshine_
ephemeral communication_not privatized_as yet..many thanks..
July 31, 2008 at 11:52 am |
or you could just call it ,,,, trying to buy a dime bag….
July 31, 2008 at 12:15 pm |
ephemeral communication_truly confusing-for me too!_not if u read it as-ethereal_communication ie[apologies]
August 16, 2008 at 1:20 pm |
What a nifty, clever response! Wow does it have some punch! Well done!