Picture Poetry Contest (...continued...)

[YesNo]

Here is an image for the next contest.

My daughter picked it out thinking it was cute. After all the cropping and zooming in, it is a little blurry. My only excuse for that was a pair of parent swans making sure I kept my distance.

Deadline: January 7, 2011

[hillwalker]

Congratulations YesNo - your poem was indeed a gem (and you had some stiff competition this month so very well done).

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[YesNo]

Congratulations YesNo - your poem was indeed a gem (and you had some stiff competition this month so very well done).

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Thanks, Hillwalker! The competition was so stiff I didn't expect to win, but glad nonetheless.

So what do you think of those two cute little swans my daughter liked?

[hillwalker]

So what do you think of those two cute little swans my daughter liked?

Well, they're nothing like 'ugly ducklings' in the famous children's story. What a cheeky pair!

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[autolycus]

Congrats YesNo! We had one bird last time, and now we have two... it's almost like the twelve days of Christmas!

[Pendragon]

They look so cute as they sail across the pond
Fuzzy and warm despite the weather
What we humans never see
Is their legs kicking like mad
To keep the goslings afloat
Whatever the surface of the water does
Smooth and glassy or white with foam

[YesNo]

Thanks, autolycus! Maybe next time there will be 3 birds.

I enjoyed your submission, pendragon. Thanks!

[moonbird]

We follow blindly
across the lake
our mother,
for we have nothing
for protection
from the evils
of the world,
foxes
tomcats
and worst of all
the big people
loud
and terrifying.

[mazHur]

Killjoy!

'Bob, I am frightened'
'What's wrong, Sally?'
'I am worried about humans, Bob',
'But there aren't any humans around,'
'Bob, You may be right but who knows?'
'What do you mean, Sally, be explicit.'
' I am explicit , Bob, but you don't seem to understand.'
'Really?'
'Look Bob, we have to fear Humans, not the beasts'
'Why? they are equally dangerous!'
'Nay, my Bobby dear, the beasts are straight'.
'Oh, Sally dear, you are being philosophic. Be clear, please''
'Bob, I do not fear beasts
because they kill only when they're hungry
but human, Oh, no, Bob, no....I get scared of them!"
'Well, Sally, both beasts and humans kill so what's the fuss about?'
'Try to understand, Bob, it is easy to survive among beasts, isn't it?
Aren't we already surviving among them?''
"Yes, we do but how on earth did these humans get on your nerves?? ''
''My sixth sense, Bob, I detest humans because they kill
for fun's sake and we are so alone and unsafe'
''I know but what do they have to with us,
we are only innocent little ones.''
'Ha, humans don't care about such things,
they kill indiscriminately for pleasure,
they will kill us too.''
''Oh, no, Sally, you are being extra-apprehensive,
get out of your phobia because
there is no sign of a human here!''
'I know they are not here but can you be ever sure?
Humans are a step ahead of beasts
and I am getting worried about YOU;
They will appear from nowhere and,
unlike the beasts, kill us both
with one stone!

[YesNo]

Thanks for the entries, moonbird and mazHur! We humans can be the scariest of all.

[YesNo]

Only a few days left to write a poem about these lovely baby swans!

Here is an image for the next contest.

My daughter picked it out thinking it was cute. After all the cropping and zooming in, it is a little blurry. My only excuse for that was a pair of parent swans making sure I kept my distance.

Deadline: January 7, 2011

[YesNo]

Thanks, Pendragon, moonbird and mazHur, for your entries! I enjoyed them all.

Pendragon shows us that there is more beneath the surface of "cute" that we are not likely aware of even if it is just the kicking of legs.

moonbird warns of the terrors, especially from humans, as the young swans cross the lake unprotected following their mother.

mazHur gets these two little swans discussing terrors caused by humans and whether humans are worse than the beasts because they would kill for pleasure.

They are all good. Thank you again!

But I must pick a winner. It is mazHur.

I liked the ending where the clinching point in the argument between the two swans was that the humans could kill them both "with one stone".

Congratulations!

[mazHur]

Thanks, Pendragon, moonbird and mazHur, for your entries! I enjoyed them all.

Pendragon shows us that there is more beneath the surface of "cute" that we are not likely aware of even if it is just the kicking of legs.

moonbird warns of the terrors, especially from humans, as the young swans cross the lake unprotected following their mother.

mazHur gets these two little swans discussing terrors caused by humans and whether humans are worse than the beasts because they would kill for pleasure.

They are all good. Thank you again!

But I must pick a winner. It is mazHur.

I liked the ending where the clinching point in the argument between the two swans was that the humans could kill them both "with one stone".

Congratulations!

Thank you very much, YesNo, for your decision which I appreciate.

One more thing about my poem: Apart from your observations I tried to
relay the subtle feelings of altruism that Sally possessed for Bob in that she was concerned more about Bob's life than her own!

Here's the picture for the next contest

[Babyguile]

Congratulations mazHur but is there a larger version of this image anywhere?

[mazHur]

Congratulations mazHur but is there a larger version of this image anywhere?

sorry, I don't have the larger version but you can always 'zoom in'' for a larger view.

Briefly, the picture shows an old man (outside the tent) looking after his ill mother (inside the tent) in a refugee camp!