tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post5921010021402433029..comments2024-03-16T16:16:08.511-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Monday Poetry Stretch - Picture DayTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-67563524712717601732009-09-18T00:18:46.898-04:002009-09-18T00:18:46.898-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Susan Taylor Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06931432581676140096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-12251543874419849932009-09-17T23:24:21.817-04:002009-09-17T23:24:21.817-04:00Okay, I am working my way through some of your old...Okay, I am working my way through some of your old challenges, looking for one to post for Poetry Friday and this one captured my attention.<br /><br /><br />Before <br />the shutter snaps<br />I am still beautiful<br />hair, long and blond<br />draped around my shoulders<br />just like it did in high school <br />when boys wrapped their fingers in its strands<br />and pulled me close between Susan Taylor Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06931432581676140096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-37433601621069334232009-09-03T21:22:31.655-04:002009-09-03T21:22:31.655-04:00Love the way the narrator comes full circle in thi...Love the way the narrator comes full circle in this, Linda. And this stark line:<br /><br />It didn’t happen.<br /><br />Sigh.laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-85455909824160903432009-09-03T19:14:48.089-04:002009-09-03T19:14:48.089-04:00Hi Tricia, After reading the fantastic poems every...Hi Tricia, After reading the fantastic poems everyone has come up with so far, I was very intimidated, but I decided to swallow my pride and play anyway.<br /><br /> Picture Day<br /><br />Last year I stayed home<br />sick on picture day—<br />I wasn’t even faking,<br />my stomach ached<br />thinking about my face<br />forever fat<br />on the yearbook page.<br /><br />I had a plan<br />nothing Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01786457482835741494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-5664717755603421682009-09-02T23:53:48.330-04:002009-09-02T23:53:48.330-04:00Thanks, Diane and Kate. Boy, I wish being a rarely...Thanks, Diane and Kate. Boy, I wish being a rarely-photographed recluse created a stir today like it did in yesteryear. That would be so much easier!laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-80645572477504039652009-09-02T23:11:27.002-04:002009-09-02T23:11:27.002-04:00Laura, my author mug shot wants to hang out with y...Laura, my author mug shot wants to hang out with your author mug shot--that's exactly right!Kate Coombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10138566291199003171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-72025076901159700372009-09-02T09:55:44.201-04:002009-09-02T09:55:44.201-04:00my punishment: infinite awkward display
Fabulous ...<i>my punishment: infinite awkward display</i><br /><br />Fabulous line, Laura! <br /><br />--DianeKURIOUS KITTYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972712028425323003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-72525682948912764372009-09-02T08:44:20.449-04:002009-09-02T08:44:20.449-04:00P.S. Love your title, Diane.P.S. Love your title, Diane.laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-23523106985288303892009-09-02T08:43:08.648-04:002009-09-02T08:43:08.648-04:00Diane, I really like that. I'm the opposite, t...Diane, I really like that. I'm the opposite, though. I keep feeling like the picture ISN'T me, and I just want to see me.<br /><br />Here's my effort for this week:<br /><br />Author Mug Shot<br /><br />one hundred twenty five pixels square<br />double chin, cowlick, frozen stare<br />they told me this pose would make me look stunning<br />now black pixel bars restrain me from runninglaurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-44517071218978624392009-09-02T08:28:49.977-04:002009-09-02T08:28:49.977-04:00Good job, Kate! You set the bar mighty high!
Som...Good job, Kate! You set the bar mighty high!<br /><br />Some of you may be interested in seeing a few of the old photos I've collected over the years. I wrote about my collecting in a recent <a href="http://www.randomnoodling.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-non-family-extended-family.html" rel="nofollow">post</a>.<br /><br />As for me, I have a problem with having my picture taken:<br /><br />Diane Mayrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09767689319000732296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-6743255563111677192009-09-01T10:09:26.753-04:002009-09-01T10:09:26.753-04:00Thanks! I was already having a good day (new book ...Thanks! I was already having a good day (new book out), but you guys really made it!Kate Coombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10138566291199003171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-61837313768853452432009-09-01T07:32:02.343-04:002009-09-01T07:32:02.343-04:00Oh my. That's gorgeous. These lines are my fav...Oh my. That's gorgeous. These lines are my favorite:<br /><br />the time I cut my knee<br />and it bled on my green dress<br />like geraniums,<br />a quarrel tasting<br />like unsweetened chocolate,<br />the ruffled pages of books,<br />my mother's daisy of a sneeze,<br /><br />You rocked it.laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-44340841628807275162009-09-01T03:15:06.808-04:002009-09-01T03:15:06.808-04:00Wow, Kate--that's better than anything I have ...Wow, Kate--that's better than anything I have come up with.<br /><br />[Picks up photo, slumps off towards home.]<br /><br />Janejaneyolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396863710083180775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-41160773198624376482009-08-31T20:59:16.766-04:002009-08-31T20:59:16.766-04:00Faces
Kerri has 500 photos
of herself on Facebook...Faces<br /><br />Kerri has 500 photos<br />of herself on Facebook:<br />pouting sexy like a model,<br />then cute and funny, sitcom girl,<br />very Kerri, never scary.<br /><br />I let her take photos:<br />they're supposed to be me.<br />A smile I practiced<br />for Picture Day,<br />dragon dabs of mascara,<br />a dropped shoulder<br />(Kerri says to, but I feel like<br />the hunchback of Kate Coombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10138566291199003171noreply@blogger.com