Painting by Odilon Redon
Vessels brimming, fragrant with tradition
Like daughters before
They’ll journey from the safety of the shore
So to learn to trust their intuition,
Shattering patriarchal restrictions,
Like daughters before.
kat ~ 1 July 2016
For Jane Dougherty’s poetry prompt, “Journey”, inspired by this painting, a Rondelet.
The Rondelet is a French form consisting of a single septet with two rhymes and one refrain:AbAabbA. The capital letters are the refrains, or repeats. The refrain is written in tetra-syllabic or dimeter and the other lines are twice as long – octasyllabic or tetrameter.
like mercury colliding... 
July 1st, 2016 at 5:55 am
Great sentiment! Nice one 🙂
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July 1st, 2016 at 6:56 am
Thanks Jane! Have a great weekend. 😊
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July 1st, 2016 at 5:58 pm
Lovely. Well written.
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July 1st, 2016 at 6:41 pm
Thank you Mandi. Have a great weekend.
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July 1st, 2016 at 6:51 pm
Thank you Kat. You too 🙂
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July 2nd, 2016 at 4:44 am
lovely poems and am now planning to read your short stories. My site Canny Catnip Nook is now at dakshahathi.com as the earlier one ran out of space! thanks
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July 2nd, 2016 at 2:26 pm
You picked out a perfect image for this!
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July 2nd, 2016 at 2:27 pm
Actually, the image was the prompt! 😊
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July 2nd, 2016 at 2:28 pm
Oh HA, I thought the prompt was the word Journey, is that the name of the painting? Silly me. 🙂
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July 2nd, 2016 at 2:40 pm
It was a double prompt. Painting and one word. Jane was easy on us this week. Usually it’s a painting and FIVE words! 😜
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July 2nd, 2016 at 2:46 pm
🙂
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July 6th, 2016 at 4:25 am
[…] Liberation | like mercury colliding… […]
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July 6th, 2016 at 5:39 am
Lovely poem. I like the idea of women setting sail into the unknown.
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July 6th, 2016 at 6:28 am
Me too Sarah. Methinks that is the reason we’re all equipped with the amazing gift of intuition! It is our legacy and destiny. 😊
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July 6th, 2016 at 6:27 am
Nice one–it makes me wonder about their story.
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July 6th, 2016 at 6:35 am
Thanks Merril. I think it is a story that has been told across generations!😊
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July 6th, 2016 at 6:39 am
Yes, it has.
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July 6th, 2016 at 7:48 pm
I like this Kat..a strong true story.
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July 6th, 2016 at 8:00 pm
Thanks Janice. It is a true story that passes from generation to generation.
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