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Image: A Spent Force (here)
Unsuspectingly
Entangled in the branches
Spent force deflated
Rough winds of summer
Quite unfriendly by nature
Led many astray
For Chev's CARPE DIEM - Utabukuro
(bag of poems) #13 inspired by Jack
Kerouac's 'a balloon caught' and
Mary's at PU's Poetry Pantry #311
Unsuspectingly
Entangled in the branches
Spent force deflated
Rough winds of summer
Quite unfriendly by nature
Led many astray
For Chev's CARPE DIEM - Utabukuro
(bag of poems) #13 inspired by Jack
Kerouac's 'a balloon caught' and
Mary's at PU's Poetry Pantry #311
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Good one, Hank!! The rough winds of summer blow us all a little off course.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful Hank :D so deep and so profound!!
ReplyDeletetrue & a perfect title...
ReplyDeleteAlas, many are left deflated despite good intentions.
ReplyDeleteThere is more than one meaning in this poem, Hank. It can be read on different levels.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the metaphor I found here....when we are led astray we can end up tangled in those branches.
ReplyDeleteRough winds can indeed steer us off course..like a helpless little leaf
ReplyDeleteRough winds can cause many a balloon or person to stray indeed
ReplyDeleteHa! A good warning to flighty types, Hank
ReplyDeleteSometimes, I feel like that spent balloon. Good point made.
ReplyDeleteAn interesting - and layered - extended metaphor, Hank.
ReplyDeleteExcellent one Hank.
ReplyDeleteYvonne.
I've been lead astray but cannot blame the wind.
ReplyDeletelove the image it created, Hank :)
ReplyDeleteOh this is really good Hank. We def are having a rough summer and are being led astray.
ReplyDeleteWell summed up.
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