Images Altered

skyscape shows smokey greys

vistas awash in a sea of blandness

lights blend into darker hues

shades of insipid seen in between

craggy summits surrounded by

uninhabitable shapes of land mass

ridges rise tall standing proud

in their whispered beauty

ascending to a never ending story

yet the wind plays its soft music

it tickles edges with gentle breath

it stirs at hems of mist filled lakes

barely noticeable are altered states

so slowly does movement occur

mountain ranges become curves

height disappears, plateaus appear

as wind taps with its own baton and 

conducts a lively symphony

as pace quickens out scuttles

cloud revealing a clear cobalt sky

Reviews

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Chris… today is Tuesday, March 28, 2023… and I am aware of a new medical diagnosis.. for myself.. I may have another Miracle; however, Poetry for Certain will see me through… as I spend my days in Spring and Summer… and then the Autumn warmth of Magenta and Gold… softly, Pat

[Chris Shaw]

Dear Pat, my thoughts are with you at a difficult time. I know for sure that poetry has been a good companion to me when times have been rough. Sending you all good wishes and prayers for miracles with a huge bouquet of spring daffodils. Winging their way across the pond.

Chris ❤️

[Patricia Wedel]

Awww… a 💕 lovely response … Spring is very healing… Roger and I both have challenges that need rest and good nutrition. Of course, fresh air with birdsong and flowers, as well as the Spring Rain is a blessing. Thank you for your Prayers… I expect a full recovery, but will not have a final answer until I heal from a second breast operation since 2007. It reminds me of being at the Seashore and building a Sand Castle as the Waves glisten and the Seagulls are Angels with soft feathers of recovery. Faith is a Fountain of Hope. softly, Pat

[Cherrie Palmer]

...it tickles edges with gentle breath it stirs at hems of mist filled lakes...
So completely beautiful as always.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Cherrie for your encouragement. Always welcome and appreciated :)

Chris

[shadrach hah]

Hi Chris, another wonderful write from your golden pen. Images always seem to alter. this can be taken a few ways. Let us look at two, firstly, we can look at this as the changing, the somewhat destroying of nature or secondly, as a look into clous vistas that sing in our sky. Each idea is filled with changes. The clouds ever moving from one vista to another and the way that our wonderful nature is slowly receding. Maybe you had neither thought in mind. Still, this is a wonderful write Chris. Have a wonderful evening. Hugs always....Mike.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Mike for sharing your thoughts on this poem. You are truly appreciated. So pleased you stopped on by.

Chris

[shadrach hah]

You are welcome, Chris. Have a wonderful evening. Hugs always....Mike.

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

‘As wind taps with its own baton
Conducts a lively symphony’

Beautiful just beautiful

Then the ending or climax for me

‘As pace quickens out scuttles
Cloud revealing a clear cobalt sky’

Beautiful love it x

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Julie for that very encouraging review. You are appreciated.

Chris

[Pauline]

Love the wording here. Nature is to be admired no matter what the colour or the subject. You've excelled yourself Chris.Hope you're enjoying Sunday.

Pauline.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Pauline. I love a bit of cloud gazing every now and then. Pleased you enjoyed this poem. I worked quite hard on this one.

Chris

[Pauline]

I can see that you put the work in and aren't you glad you did! It's a super poem.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you so much..... :)

[Ruth]

Oh how beautiful...time has a way of distorting such things I find dear Chris. I see the landscape change so quickly more of late, times have changed so many familiar things...still, this realm is a beauty if we look closely, lovely poem as always :)

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Ruth for leaving a thoughtful and warm review. Hope you have a lovely Sunday.

read moreThank you Ruth for leaving a thoughtful and warm review. Hope you have a lovely Sunday.

Chris

[barleygirl]

One of my favorite things to do is watching how different angles of the sun transform the way my garden looks. Your poem is a sensory celebration of that minute-by-minute drift of focus (((HUGS)))

[Chris Shaw]

Thanks Margie, I can understand you watching the sunlight on your garden. It can look so different depending on the angle. Appreciate you stopping by.

Chris

[Dylan Macadham]

A slow-motion terra lense, timeless, yet sweeping at a million miles a second, mountains smoothing, plateauing, altered by patient, invisible winds, soft, relentless, slowly shaping.
This is the picture and the mood, and the feeling that your phrases, seamlessly at one with Earth's altering elements, conjured in me ...
Thank you, Chris :)
Dylan

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Dylan for viewing in slow motion and for feeling the mood of this poem. I appreciate you stopping by. Have a great Tuesday.

Chris

[LostSage]

Your writings have certain cadence
I hear percussion in the background
Someone who marches to a different drummer?
Have a great day Chris!

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you so much for your review. Sorry for the late response. All good wishes.

Chris

[LostSage]

You know you are one of my faves. To hear from you is delight. I do miss you when you're gone. Good wishes from you turn into butterflies and dance around my head. Have a sweet day. Jeff

[Shelley Warner]

That was nicely descriptive. I can see the mountains and the trees altered by a smoky haze and by the wind.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Shelley, I appreciate your thoughtful review. All good wishes.

Chris

[Vertigo Cat1111]

I tried to pick my favorite line, but I just can't! All of it is written so beautifully. Your work is so, so inspiring and paints so many pictures and takes you so many places. I did very much enjoy the line about lighter hues mixing with darker hues. It paints such a wonderful picture in your mind, truly breathtaking. Thank you so much for sharing.

[Chris Shaw]

Colacat, you are far too kind. Thank you so much. Your words here offer so much encouragement, especially as I have a very lazy muse lately.

Chris

[Vertigo Cat1111]

It’s my pleasure! I’ve been in quite a writing rut as well. Perhaps it’s universal! We’ll get out of it soon.