Hannah has introduced
The Imaginary Garden with Real Toads to beauty where we might have thought none existed—under a glacier—the Mendenhall Glacier near Fairbanks, Alaska, where tourists can fly over it in helicopters, climb it with crampons and ice equipment, paddle along looking up at it from kayaks, or visit a cave formed by the flow of water passing under the glacier.
Thanks, Hannah!
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| Picture provided as prompt |
today we went to the blue cave
a cave of ice
where the river lives
a cave of ice
blue as the sky
where the sunlight filters
through the ice
filters through to softly lave
the stalactites
and stalagmites
and tourists, too,
in beautiful soft and ice blue light
Kay L. Davies, October, 2013
I'm not at all sure there are stalactites and stalagmites in ice caves, but I put them there for that extra spelunking sort of atmosphere.
14 comments:
It set the perfect tone:)
I now recall those the stalactites
and stalagmites of the caves~ I like the ice blue light & sky here ~
Kay, your link in the RT is not working ~
It would be possible as long as there is a roof in the caves. Wonderful write Kay!
Hank
The beauty of creation - we can add all the atmospheric touches we want. Loved it, Kay!
Kay has decreed: let there be stalactites and stalagmites in my cave! So be it ....
(for some reason I could not access your post from the Toady Linky)
OO, and you did it well. I feel the chill and love the blueness of this poem! I must get over to the Garden - I always love Hannah's prompts.
I really enjoyed your use of repetition in this poem, kay. It is very beautiful, start to finish.
The ice blue light makes me want to visit...lovely post
Certainly a place I'd love to experience... have softly laved sunlight filtered upon me :)
This is a place I would enjoy visiting--I like its curves, colors, repetitions.
"soft blue ice" inviting - make you forget about the cold
I wish I was there now! Bluetiful :D
I love your intro for what the prompt was about...thank you, Kay! Also I love the sound play in the paring of Rive/Lives...your closing line feels so soft and peaceful...beautiful write!!
You catch that ice-blue serenity in the photo here very well, Kay. As Kerry said, the soft repetition is soothing and perfect.
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