Sunday, April 6, 2008

One Single Impression: Stranded


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Earth and water fuse
As frost leaves the ground —
Cars sunk in mud are stranded

Mud season has started. This is a view of a portion of my driveway late this morning. If you visited earlier, I had a different photo (same poem). This is more appropriate.

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24 comments:

spacedlaw said...

Andrée, the link you left on OSI returned an error message...
Good think you left the link at Teri's otherwise I would have missed this. It seems that water and earth conspire against the cars. Which they really should if they know what's good for them.

Small City Scenes said...

Mud, muck and mire. that's what earth and water make. Or mud pies for sale. MB

SandyCarlson said...

The earth and water are quite a team, especially during the thaw! I hope this is not a page from your life, Andree, and that your car is above ground! This is a wonderful piece.
Writing in Faith: Poems

oldmanlincoln said...

What would earth be like without water. I suppose impossible.

Your photography is nice to look at.

Abraham Lincoln in Brookville, Ohio now playing the part of Mrs. Zac Efron's employee.

Raven said...

"as frost frees the ground..." I've never thought of it that way. Nice.

gardenpath said...

Oh yes, the fifth season in New England-Mud Season!

maryt said...

Love this, Andree! Mud means Spring! Yea!! :D

STP said...

Happily, I cannot identify with this one this year, but oh how very on the mark!

MyBellavia said...

Your ku really sinks in here!

There is an abundance of good ole clean mud everywhere in the northeast.

My husbands old car has been parked off the driveway for over five years. It sinks deeper into the mud every spring! For some reason, he will just not let it go!

I may get the courage and rescue it soon.

qualcosa di bello said...

i had to laugh at this...as a northern born southern transplant, i must admit i do not miss that one bit!

Vixen said...

Never did I think I could laugh at mud season...but your poem made me chuckle.

steerforth said...

Good luck getting out of there! Great picture/poem combo.

Hyde DP said...

yes a nice one - sure makes me smile now I don't drive.

lissa said...

mother nature - what can you do? write a poem of cause!

gautami tripathy said...

Love nature! In any form..


collected clutters

Quiet Paths said...

Ah yes, the season of mud. Totally bang on.

watermaid said...

Wonderful photograph - so tangible - and the words compliment it so well.

Patois said...

I don't envy that type of stranded at all. Well done.

tumblewords said...

Oh, yes - the tail end of the season. Stranded - not a great place to be! Descriptive photo, too!

zoya gautam said...

one word 'stranded'-- and
look what not is going on!
harry potter has serious
competition here!

Teri C said...

It's like nature and human incubrances don't mix, and nature is going to win. So wonderful said.

Hotwire said...

looks like my backyard - ugh...!

Greyscale Territory said...

I guess it must feel quite ironic that being sunk in mud is all a part of the hope of spring!

Loved this!

Gemma

storyteller said...

I love the way you share your haiku as part of the photograph! I need to learn more about how to do this effectively myself.

wonderful image
that did not occur to me
when I read this prompt ;--)

I’m late to visit because 'life' got in the way, but I did publish two ‘week 6’ posts for One Single Impression: Stranded ... one on each of my blogs on Wednesday of last week and I hope you'll find time to visit. They’re here: Heliocopter Rescue and Polar Bears
Hugs and blessings,