Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Fair Weather Friend

 
a face like thunder
blows hot and cold
and the discord of an ill wind
whistles long into the night

I sit

perusing my teacup
languishing in the lull
wondering if I should stay
and weather the storm

but

throwing caution to the wind
was never my style
so tonight's the night
I ask the rain for a check

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36 comments:

  1. PeggyMay 14, 2014 at 10:01 PM

    I really enjoyed the images in this and the whole idea of the fair weather friend and how to handle the storms. thanks for posting this. I like the picture too.

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    1. Kathryn DycheMay 14, 2014 at 10:52 PM

      Thanks Peggy, it was something I'd been playing with and worked with today's prompt. :0)

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  2. Laurie KolpMay 14, 2014 at 10:04 PM

    I really like the image of you sitting and perusing your teacup, languishing in the lull.

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  3. Brian MillerMay 14, 2014 at 10:08 PM

    ha. nice word play in that last line...
    and it plays a couple ways....ugh on those that want to be around you when
    all is fine and then disappear as soon as you need them...

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    1. Kathryn DycheMay 14, 2014 at 10:54 PM

      Thanks Brian . . . I've been enjoying playing with sayings and words a bit more recently. :)

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  4. HelenMay 14, 2014 at 10:45 PM

    Great little poem you wrote!!

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  5. Sherry Blue SkyMay 14, 2014 at 11:21 PM

    I too love the image of you languishing with the teacup. I'm with you, who needs drama? Loved this!

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  6. Sumana RoyMay 14, 2014 at 11:38 PM

    love the image of the second stanza....so well penned...

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    1. Kathryn DycheMay 15, 2014 at 8:43 AM

      Thank you, I wanted to play with the storm in a teacup analogy. :)

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  7. kaykualaMay 14, 2014 at 11:39 PM

    Fair weather friends are aplenty. They thrive on other's slip-ups Wonderful write Kathryn!

    Hank

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    1. Kathryn DycheMay 15, 2014 at 8:41 AM

      Thanks Hank . . . we soon learn who the good ones are. :0)

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  8. GabriellaMay 15, 2014 at 4:01 AM

    I like where you went with the prompt, Kathryn. Friends to keep away from. They usually bring more hail than sun and cool breeze.

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    1. Kathryn DycheMay 15, 2014 at 8:38 AM

      Thanks Gabriella, I seem to veer towards the negative when everyone else is so positive.

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  9. mrs mediocrityMay 15, 2014 at 6:54 AM

    Oh, this is fabulous. A sip of real life for sure. And I love the image!

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  10. UnknownMay 15, 2014 at 7:28 AM

    The art took me one way the poem another. Oh my you have me afloat in the stratosphere

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  11. rallentandaMay 15, 2014 at 9:56 AM

    Quite frankly too much positive response is unrealistic in the world that Rallentand inhabits. So I always like the other side represented. Enjoyed your poem.

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  12. Maude LynnMay 15, 2014 at 11:20 AM

    Beautiful structure, and that closing line is killer.

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  13. MaryMay 15, 2014 at 11:40 AM

    Very clever take on the prompt. One needs to be a bit cautious with this fair-weather friends.

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  14. AnonymousMay 15, 2014 at 2:23 PM

    That is a very interesting write... witty and wise.Well-penned.
    -HA

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    1. Kathryn DycheMay 16, 2014 at 8:26 AM

      Thanks . . . think I went off on a different tangent to most.

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  15. Audrey Howitt aka DivaloungerMay 15, 2014 at 9:13 PM

    Love, love this! I love it's pace and its moodiness especially

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  16. ClaudiaMay 16, 2014 at 10:59 AM

    ah those friends that will stay with you in the storm are rare... precious if we found one

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  17. AnonymousMay 16, 2014 at 11:34 AM

    Amazing! So much feeling so perceptively put!

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  18. Carrie Van HornMay 16, 2014 at 6:43 PM

    Wonderful word play....words and you must be amazing friends Kathryn!

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  19. GailMay 17, 2014 at 8:28 PM

    I thoroughly enjoyed this peace...the calm, the storm and the art.

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  20. Brian MillerMay 18, 2014 at 6:17 PM

    happy sunday to you.
    smiles.

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  21. Poetic SoulMay 18, 2014 at 7:22 PM

    I know for a fact very few friends are there through whatever... I love this

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  22. Ostensible TruthMay 19, 2014 at 7:28 AM

    I really like these lines: I sit

    perusing my teacup
    languishing in the lull
    wondering if I should stay
    and weather the storm

    - the teacup and the storm, makes me wonder if the peruser is considering releasing the storm themselves... nice write!

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  23. brudbergMay 19, 2014 at 7:30 AM

    Oh the wordplay in this.. simply wonderful... weather can wear us down...

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  24. alan1704May 20, 2014 at 2:06 PM

    Life is full of storms you make your words sing.

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  25. IntelliblogMay 22, 2014 at 1:15 AM

    Lovely images and I really like the way you have taken the theme and dealt with it tangentially, but so appositely!

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