Oh, but the teens like this title! Jimi Hendrix still thrills the new generation.
This poem was written about a gorgeous wisteria vine that was adorning a fence in front of a beautiful home in Charleston, SC last year. Our family was there for Easter (see "Lonely Palm of Folly") and I imagined a war between the fence and the vine.
The poem is published in the 2011 edition of The Lyricist poetry magazine. Campbell University sponsors the statewide poetry contest and puts out the winners and honorable mentions in the magazine each April.
Hope you enjoy "Purple Haze".
Ciao for now!
Mel
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
"Sedona Cross"
This poem was based on a real incident while traveling in Sedona, Arizona. I wrote it as a concrete poem shaped in a cross, but this videoetry has the actual photograph I took of the butte with the cross on it. The shadow created went away by the time I finished hiking around Bell Rock just up the road from it. Hey! It was a Sunday morning. God wanted to remind me he was with me!
Please enjoy "Sedona Cross" !
Ciao for now!
Mel
Saturday, May 14, 2011
"Lonely Palm of Folly"
Hi All!
I love Charleston, SC and all the islands and communities around it. While my family and I were waiting in a very long line of traffic to get to Folly Beach last Easter, I noticed a beautiful palm tree soaring above everything else in the marsh. It occurred to me that the palm had probably survived things like Hugo and many a lightning strike. I mostly wrote this poem as my family frolicked on the beach that very day.
The poem has been published in The Lyricist, a poetry magazine released through Campbell University. Hope you enjoy "Lonely Palm of Folly"!
Ciao for now!
Mel
I love Charleston, SC and all the islands and communities around it. While my family and I were waiting in a very long line of traffic to get to Folly Beach last Easter, I noticed a beautiful palm tree soaring above everything else in the marsh. It occurred to me that the palm had probably survived things like Hugo and many a lightning strike. I mostly wrote this poem as my family frolicked on the beach that very day.
The poem has been published in The Lyricist, a poetry magazine released through Campbell University. Hope you enjoy "Lonely Palm of Folly"!
Ciao for now!
Mel
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Don't Get Stuck in A Rut
Unless it's in a beautiful canyon on Lake Powell that is!
Hi All!
Today's videoetry features photos from some of the side canyons off Glen Canyon in north central Arizona. The bath tub ring as they call it is quite prevalent in the spring as the mountain snows hadn't made it into the resevoir yet.
Mix the white ring with the "Navajo tapestry" of manganese and iron oxide painted walls and crystal green waters and you have yourself a photographic feast for the eyes!
http://www.youtube.com/Videoetry?feature=mhum#p/u/6/E4mYefn2jD4
Ciao for now!
Mel
Hi All!
Today's videoetry features photos from some of the side canyons off Glen Canyon in north central Arizona. The bath tub ring as they call it is quite prevalent in the spring as the mountain snows hadn't made it into the resevoir yet.
Mix the white ring with the "Navajo tapestry" of manganese and iron oxide painted walls and crystal green waters and you have yourself a photographic feast for the eyes!
http://www.youtube.com/Videoetry?feature=mhum#p/u/6/E4mYefn2jD4
Ciao for now!
Mel
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