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Sunday, 1 May 2011





Desert Life 






How is your life ?
Is it filled with strife ?
As you travel on your desert ship, 
Across dunes and sands,
Until the sunshine dips. 


Guiding and Guarding your tribal kin.
Watching and hoping they make it, 
To sustenance before they become thin,
In your wisdom and grace, 
When in turmoil its you they face! 

How is your life?
How do you cope?
At times of strife,  
Does your grace and wisdom 
Satisfy you and your quorum?

How is your life ?


Submitted to One Stop Poetry Photo Challenge 
Picture taken by Rosa Frei , many thanks !
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15 comments:

  1. Glynn1 May 2011 at 12:12

    "As you travel on your desert ship" - his eyes say exactly that - he is a ship's captain, and the desert is his ship. Nice one.

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  2. Claudia1 May 2011 at 12:21

    yep - makes one wonder and i'm asking these questions a lot when i watch people...love the desert ship..

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  3. Brian Miller1 May 2011 at 12:46

    actually i much admire their life...would not mind being on that desert ship...

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  4. dustus1 May 2011 at 12:50

    "Guiding and Guarding your tribal kin.
    Watching and hoping they make it,"
    I really like these lines because it suggests an entire family and the vigilance that can be "grasped" by the intense, fixed stare of person in the photo. Very nicely done.

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  5. Rosa Frei1 May 2011 at 13:52

    So beautiful! I wish I could write like this! Thank you for flatter my image with your words!

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  6. Anonymous1 May 2011 at 17:39

    "When in turmoil its you they face!"

    A twist of the unexpected, kez. You've got quite the clever mind.

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  7. Celestial Dreamz1 May 2011 at 18:34

    very nicely done! loved coming to your blog. :)

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  8. John (@bookdreamer)1 May 2011 at 19:26

    And as the desert wind was his answer

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  9. Karen May1 May 2011 at 19:27

    Loved this Kez , well done x

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  10. libithina1 May 2011 at 23:16

    Love the imagery of the Desert Ship Kez ~ 'sailing' 'till the sunshine .. dips'
    truly indeed Master of his vessel
    and loved the questioning
    how 'he copes'
    'his life'
    in life choices
    would he have it different
    if he could
    ~ Thought provoking write ~
    Wonderful ~ Lib ~ @Libithina

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  11. patcegan2 May 2011 at 19:06

    How is your life....a question we need to answer truthfully. And...if it is not what we want it to be, have the courage to change it. It is all about choices, isn't? Interesting poem and blog. Thanks for visiting me as it helped me find you! hugs, pat

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  12. Madeleine Begun Kane3 May 2011 at 06:12

    Just lovely!

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  13. Rachel Hoyt3 May 2011 at 14:23

    What a thoughtful peice! Loved it.

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  14. Steve Isaak3 May 2011 at 20:58

    Solid, thought-provoking work.

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  15. Anonymous6 May 2011 at 10:50

    Really interesting and topical piece, good to see Poetry being used in a daily topical manner such as this.

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