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Saturday, April 27, 2019

Moon Jellies in the Sky

Umbrella Street in Izmir, Turkey
by Amesiann


Soft and silky, undulating overhead
~ coloured moon jellies in the sky.





for  Toni's  cool prompt at Real Toads: to write a two line poem with an unexpected image, after the style of Ezra Pound, whom I cant even attempt to emulate, as I have the mother of all headaches.  But this image sprang to mind.


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21 comments:

  1. NamrathaApril 27, 2019 at 10:06 AM

    Indeed! They do look like moon jellies in the sky..

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  2. Magaly GuerreroApril 27, 2019 at 10:31 AM

    I just picked up one of my parasols and spun it around a bit, saying, "Colored moon jellies!" and squealing. How I love this description, Sherry!

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  3. ElizabethApril 27, 2019 at 10:38 AM

    I like the prompt and your words that totally change the meaning of the image. Moon jellies, yes...

    Elizabeth

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  4. JennaApril 27, 2019 at 11:15 AM

    Fantastic juxtaposition!

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  5. ✿April 27, 2019 at 11:38 AM

    Love. <3

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  6. brudbergApril 27, 2019 at 12:09 PM

    What a great contrast...

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  7. ✿April 27, 2019 at 12:30 PM

    I don't know if you remember this, but in the '80s, we wore shoes called jellies. So this makes me think of little girls lying on their backs with their bright "electric" shoes in the sky while they cloud watch. :)

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  8. MaryApril 27, 2019 at 12:57 PM

    Very clever!

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  9. JimApril 27, 2019 at 2:11 PM

    It's a good image for you poem, Rosemary. I'd love to see your sky.
    ..

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  10. Rosemary Nissen-WadeApril 27, 2019 at 2:40 PM

    Both pictures are beautiful, and I quite see why the one reminded you of the other. I would not have known what 'moon jellies' were without the image. Are they dangerous? Anything in Australian waters that looked like that would have people getting out of the water fast!

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    1. Sherry Blue SkyApril 27, 2019 at 5:17 PM

      I THINK maybe they sting. But my friend lives on a floathouse in a cove that sometimes FILLS with the moon jellies......and she swims among them. So maybe not.

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  11. Susie ClevengerApril 27, 2019 at 4:31 PM

    Oh I love this, sky and sea!

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  12. tonispencerApril 27, 2019 at 5:19 PM

    Moon Jellies! I love the juxtaposition. On the east coast farther down south, the jellies sting and are poisonous. but I love the image!

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  13. The BizzaApril 27, 2019 at 6:21 PM

    Colored moon jellies is a wonderfully apt description.

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  14. Kim M. RussellApril 27, 2019 at 11:36 PM

    I'd not come across the expression 'moon jellies' before, Sherry. Now I want to twirl an umbrella and shout that word out loud!

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  15. ayalaApril 28, 2019 at 8:57 AM

    Love both images.

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  16. Magical Mystical TeacherApril 28, 2019 at 9:21 AM

    Are they good enough to eat?:)

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  17. colleenApril 28, 2019 at 10:07 AM

    I love the term "moon jellies in the sky." Beautiful and unexpected.

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  18. Myrna R.April 28, 2019 at 10:28 AM

    I tried writing a poem about jelly fish once. It didn't work well. Yet, you write a two line poem and it's perfect. Marvelous, I love this. Hope you lose your headache.

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  19. purplepeninportland.comApril 28, 2019 at 6:16 PM

    Great lines, Sherry. Love "moon jellies".

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