Charles M. Conlon / Sporting News Archive via Getty Images
the great
Cobb steals
third evermore
the baseline
judge blurs
focused as he is on the call
stasis forever
dynamic explosive
still that haunts
dramatic moment
that breathes
still we are
too colorized
to relive the moment that lives
meditate on it hold
still
Faced with two challenges — NaPoWriMo wanted us to write a poem of ekphrasis (I’m leaving out the medieval marginal stuff, but, you know…), and the barkeep at dVerse Poets Pub gives us the Quadrille, using the word still.
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This is my favorite part:
“dynamic explosive
still that haunts”
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Thank you! I enjoyed making the words play… leaving out the punctuation to allow for creative ambivalence.
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‘still we are
too colorized
to relive the moment that lives’
Wonderful wording, Charley. Also, I love your new subtitle!
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Thank you! I changed the subtitle to challenge me as a poet. It is my own quote.
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Love it! I am impressed.
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I wouldn’t want to be the umpire making some of those calls. I suspect the third baseman did not have his foot on the base in time. But I don’t know much about the game.
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Still, isn’t it a stunning shot for its time? Cobb was safe… most of the time.
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Oh the energy of the game wonderful
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And I hoped, the energy of the verse. Glad to see you, Björn!
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Love the photo! So much energy and life in that moment. Your words capture it well. My favorite part, “dramatic moment that breathes”. Other than hockey, baseball has to be my all-time favorite sport.
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It’s always been one of mine. Trying to set the photo to words that capture its essence… well, it was… poetic. 🙂 Glad you enjoyed it.
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Your words capture the moment better than any photograph, Charley. Especially captured by ‘dynamic explosive still’ the contradiction is perfect! Nice job 🙂
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Thank you, Jill!
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Such a moment lives on forever ~ Good one, smiles ~
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Thank you!
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Your poem is soo vivid and bursting with life! Inspired..❤️
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Thank you! I like that you addressed the poem. I’m challenging myself to be more of a poet. So, Maybe I’m getting closer to my goal.
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