Sunday, August 22, 2010

Weekend Reflections and Sunday 160 - Prick of Life


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Raindrop jewel glistens & beckons. 
Reach out in eagerness, 
excitement expressed in the trembling of fingers. 
Skin pricked, membrane broken, 
blood and water mix.



My book review of 
Tsunami Blue
can be found at
Nessa's Reading Room


See what you can write in 160 characters or less, spaces included.


~ Sunday 160 hosted by Monkey Man ~






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34 comments:

  1. AnonymousSun Aug 22, 04:41:00 AM EDT

    Strangely beautiful and very well done :)

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  2. Cie CheesemeisterSun Aug 22, 07:49:00 AM EDT

    Such a beautiful description of a really ouchy experience. Maybe I should ask you to write one about the time I put my hand out to touch this beautiful rose and some freaky, alien-looking spider the color of one of the leaves bit the living hell out of me! True story.

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  3. CherylSun Aug 22, 08:32:00 AM EDT

    Love this description of the surprises we get when we're consumed with the beauty.

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  4. SandyCarlsonSun Aug 22, 08:35:00 AM EDT

    The surprise--and the pain--can be worth it. Beauty is worth the risk.

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  5. Alice AudreySun Aug 22, 09:49:00 AM EDT

    Normally I'd be charmed with the lyrical quality of this, even if it's a little dark, but right now I'm badly mosquito bitten and all I can think is "SLAP! Ewww." It's the blood thing.

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  6. JeanieSun Aug 22, 10:14:00 AM EDT

    Thorns amid the beauty....nicely expressed.

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  7. JingleSun Aug 22, 10:21:00 AM EDT

    beautifully written 160.
    :)

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  8. G-ManSun Aug 22, 10:30:00 AM EDT

    How very Ironic Vanessa Kilmer...
    Because you are a Rose Among The Thorns!!
    Loved your 160.....G

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  9. Harris ChanningSun Aug 22, 10:33:00 AM EDT

    Uh ouch! Yep, I've done it too. Very nice.

    http://harrischanningauthor.blogspot.com/2010/08/sunday-160_22.html

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  10. Sylvia KSun Aug 22, 10:50:00 AM EDT

    I've done the same thing, but the results of your pain are a whole lot better than mine!! Have a great day, Nessa!

    Sylvia

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  11. PattiKenSun Aug 22, 11:18:00 AM EDT

    Ouch! Nice 160. I'm picturing a weeping woman who has a hidden but obvious "do not touch" aura about her.

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  12. RochelleSun Aug 22, 11:38:00 AM EDT

    Very thought provoking Nessa.

    I also totally agree with your Twitter comment - that if potatoes are healthy then what is wrong with being a couch potato? That's what I'm going to be today!

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  13. FelicitasSun Aug 22, 12:14:00 PM EDT

    Could this be considered suffering for art? If so, it was worth it for this lovely 160.

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  14. Maggie MaySun Aug 22, 12:25:00 PM EDT

    The times I've reached out to a rose and snagged my finger on a thorn.

    Beautiful writing..... caught it well.
    Maggie X

    Nuts in May

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  15. JamesSun Aug 22, 12:29:00 PM EDT

    Very creative shot! I hope it didn't hurt too bad. :)

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  16. Doug The UnaSun Aug 22, 12:48:00 PM EDT

    Nice photo. Yucca?

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  17. k. riggs gardnerSun Aug 22, 01:16:00 PM EDT

    I think "Old Glory" is a wonderfully reflective photo of a flag floating from a foot bridge over the Delaware river. James of Newtown Area Photo took it.

    "Prick of Life" is entry #95 on his meme.

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  18. Monkey ManSun Aug 22, 01:20:00 PM EDT

    Ouch. I feel the pain. Great Sunday 160. Thanks so much for playing.

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  19. MelliSun Aug 22, 01:45:00 PM EDT

    I love the imagery. Beautiful!

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  20. ClaudiaSun Aug 22, 02:00:00 PM EDT

    ah you get even poetic when you prick your skin…that's devotion…piercy 160

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  21. Brian MillerSun Aug 22, 03:13:00 PM EDT

    an interesting perspective in the pic...had to look at it a bit...my finger is in my mouth now sucking away the pain.. nice 160!

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  22. JimSun Aug 22, 04:00:00 PM EDT

    Hi Nessa ~~ I hear that 'Blood, Sweat, Tears, and Raindrops' are singing your song. :)
    ..

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  23. Aoife.TroxelSun Aug 22, 04:12:00 PM EDT

    Well, it's the price you must pay for beauty. Picking roses is hard!

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  24. Shelley MunroSun Aug 22, 04:42:00 PM EDT

    LOL - my language is usually much bluer when I have this experience, not lyrical like yours.

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  25. Jannie FunsterSun Aug 22, 04:58:00 PM EDT

    Ow. Fingertips so sensitive, with good reason.

    Very nice life moment. Well, I mean your writing's very nice. Not getting an owie.

    xo

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  26. colleenSun Aug 22, 09:33:00 PM EDT

    Coming to bloom
    like the red rose tattoo
    engraved into Venus
    by the arrow of Eros
    Your love is the thorn
    that pricks me gently

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  27. EdenMon Aug 23, 12:21:00 AM EDT

    Great shot!
    I remember my pain when I was pricked trimming my roses last week.

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  28. KavitaMon Aug 23, 05:04:00 AM EDT

    Rain rain everywhere! It's raining raindrops on blogs too (mine included)!! :)

    But no pricking of fingers for me.. But I know that feeling.. a splinter or thorn accident, paper nicks.. Yeow!

    The fusion of wow and ouch is very beautifully expressed in this piece.. And then, what's blood..what's water.. nothing but another liquid..

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  29. Hootin AnniMon Aug 23, 08:35:00 AM EDT

    Stupendous Nessa!!

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  30. MarshyMon Aug 23, 08:39:00 AM EDT

    beautifully well written 160..cheers Pete

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  31. Noe Noe Girl...A Queen of all Trades.Mon Aug 23, 10:36:00 AM EDT

    Nicely done Nessa!
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  32. julianaMon Aug 23, 04:28:00 PM EDT

    life hurts...
    beautiful photo, too

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  33. IndraniMon Aug 23, 11:54:00 PM EDT

    Life is like that! So beautifully told with a picture.

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  34. RAWed Aug 25, 06:10:00 PM EDT

    Insightful and wonderful 160. The words and photo go so well together. I love to see the beautiful raindrops.

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