Drinking Alcohol taught me how to fly
Then it took away the sky....

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

PERSPECTIVES

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PHOTO by LUCKY (our DOG!)

P E R S P E C T I V E S
A LOT of thought 
I've given to this topic
the past few minutes...

Dog named Lucky
insisted last night
on shooting the moon.

So I handed him my S-4,
heard the SLAM of a shutter
shouted an invective
at Lucky's perspective

There! I see what he sees:
a cat, a fiddle, 
a jumping bovine,
dashing spoon
and blushing dish

all dancing on
robot's yellow nuts.

Lucky? So sweet:
extinguished a fire
at robot's feet

 MY PERSPECTIVE 
(just to even the score!)

by steveroni



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43 comments:

  1. Brian MillerJuly 23, 2013 at 11:59 AM

    ha. i was going to say, i have the sudden urge to use the facilities...smiles....he was probably aiming for the cat...just saying...smiles...or perhaps he just wanted to join the fun....smiles.

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    1. steveroniJuly 23, 2013 at 2:49 PM

      When he "plays" with the cat, he puts cat's head--complete with whiskers--in his big mouth. And calls that FUN!

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  2. MaryJuly 23, 2013 at 12:20 PM

    We can only GUESS what one can see from "a dog's eye view!" But then again maybe we don't want to know.

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  3. steveroniJuly 23, 2013 at 12:35 PM

    Yup Mary, I gues it's "Let dogs BE dogs!"

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  4. ClaudiaJuly 23, 2013 at 12:48 PM

    haha...it's all about perspective...and i rather like that little robot hydrant...maybe your dog fell in love with it you know..and who cares then about the moon anyway...smiles

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    1. steveroniJuly 23, 2013 at 2:44 PM

      OK...I added my own perspective under the post, Claudia...and yes, I fell in love with my bike! But I don't water the tires--grin!

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    2. ClaudiaJuly 26, 2013 at 1:25 PM

      i fell in love with my bike as well....even though it's just a bicycle...ha...smiles

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  5. Laurie KolpJuly 23, 2013 at 2:52 PM

    LOL... so creative and witty, Steve.

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    1. steveroniJuly 23, 2013 at 4:03 PM

      Bless you, girl...I need glowing remarks for my "Pride Basket".
      And there goes, right out the window--all sense of humility!

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  6. ayalaJuly 23, 2013 at 3:15 PM

    You made me smile, my friend.

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    1. steveroniJuly 23, 2013 at 4:04 PM

      If for nothing but your smile, Ayala...this post was worth the effort.
      Thanks
      Keep smiling!

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  7. Gerry SnapeJuly 23, 2013 at 3:57 PM

    Edward Lear...eat your heart out!! thanks!

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    1. steveroniJuly 23, 2013 at 4:46 PM

      Well, ya got me to look up Eddie Lear! Interesting guy. Thanks!

      I DO know Josquin Desprez, Guilliaume Dufay and Johannes Ockeghem,
      however--and always I've been a name-dropper--grin!

      I will read more about Edward Lear, and learn "my kind of communication", based on your chance remark.
      Thank you.

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  8. Steven Marty GrantJuly 23, 2013 at 5:14 PM

    Very fun piece and very creative response to the picture

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    1. steveroniJuly 23, 2013 at 10:46 PM

      Thanks, Steven I'm with a "ph". HA! A PhD NOT!
      But FUN? Yessss.
      "Heart-Breaks and Fun": Hey I could write a C & W song with that title!

      I'll be by tomorrow...

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  9. Myrna R.July 23, 2013 at 5:40 PM

    I get Lucky's perspective, but I'm glad you included yours too. Love that moon.

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    1. steveroniJuly 23, 2013 at 10:48 PM

      I love that moon also--as seen from my scooter!
      (Oh, in other situations, too!)

      I visit tomorrow...

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  10. MargieJuly 23, 2013 at 6:39 PM

    Funny!!!
    Smiling :)

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    1. steveroniJuly 23, 2013 at 10:49 PM

      Like to "see" you smiling, Margie.
      Also to see you're BACK (not "your" back!)

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  11. flaubertJuly 23, 2013 at 9:15 PM

    Thanks for the smile, Steve.

    Pamela

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    1. steveroniJuly 23, 2013 at 10:50 PM

      Hey I shall visit yu tomorrow, got to smile off to bed!
      Glad you dropped by, Pamela!

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  12. TruedessaJuly 23, 2013 at 10:16 PM

    Hi Steve,

    Perspective...interesting poem with some humor..

    Peace & Light

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    1. steveroniJuly 23, 2013 at 10:53 PM

      Thanks, Truedessa.
      I HAVE been using your
      "Peace and Light" closing
      ...really like it.

      PEACE and LIGHT for you.

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  13. AnonymousJuly 24, 2013 at 5:01 AM

    Very clever word-play in this, Steve. I especially enjoyed the literal interpretation of 'shoot the moon.' It's always fun to deconstruct metaphors like this.

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    1. steveroniJuly 24, 2013 at 5:25 AM

      It does my "pride" PROUD to realize that at least one other appreciates the genius they find in my blog. LAUGHING!! WAIT! You did not write that...ohhhh. Joking aside...I am glad that you liked this brief "trip" to the moon.

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  14. izzyJuly 24, 2013 at 6:32 AM

    Playful mischief! - and I think I recognize where the scooter is headed- :)

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    1. steveroniJuly 24, 2013 at 10:07 AM

      Izzy, you AND the scooter always know where are my fav hangouts! Shhhhh!

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  15. rainfield61July 24, 2013 at 7:15 AM

    Perspective?

    The dog demands no wild guess.

    You will never know.

    Unless you are a dog.

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    1. steveroniJuly 24, 2013 at 10:08 AM

      Dog knows only one thing...ONLY one
      What's to EAT?

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  16. A Plain ObserverJuly 24, 2013 at 7:50 AM

    I like Lucky's perspective.
    You are the third poem I read about perspective, I love synchronicities. I love this from Campoamor:
    In this treacherous world
    nothing is either truth or lie;
    everything depends on the color
    of the crystal that one looks through.

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  17. steveroniJuly 24, 2013 at 10:12 AM

    ML, you sure cover a lot of ground in a day--on the blogs, elsewhere, and in all of living...wish I cold write ike you, I'd sit here and do very litte else.

    Maybe it's good i DON'T write like you-HAHA!

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  18. Katie Mia FrederickJuly 24, 2013 at 2:00 PM

    Day Lucky So Lucky Day

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    1. steveroniJuly 24, 2013 at 3:42 PM

      Kate(?)...EVERY day is "Lucky day" Lucky is one of my aka's for God. I read your blog, and became emotional (who could not?) and choose to believe (as you?) that death is, in reality...LIFE.
      Blessings
      Prayers
      Peace

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    2. Katie Mia FrederickJuly 25, 2013 at 2:00 PM

      Thanks Steve that makes my 104 poem journey yesterday in a couple of hours worth a lifetime of words to hear you say that. Love Ya Brother.. My name is Fred. :) You are always welcome to comment with me anywhere on that blog. :)

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  19. steveroniJuly 25, 2013 at 5:13 AM

    Thank you John

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  20. UnknownJuly 25, 2013 at 2:04 PM

    poetry has surely gone to the dogs Steve

    hope all is well my friend
    love the photograph of the violin - wow

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  21. steveroniJuly 26, 2013 at 5:36 AM

    Thanks, Leslie! I still rcv ur posts by email...

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  22. Kalyan PanjaJuly 28, 2013 at 7:25 AM

    beautiful words....lovely lines!!

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    1. steveroniJuly 28, 2013 at 3:39 PM

      Kalyan, I'm visiting your blog today--later.
      Thank you for stopping here...and nice comment!

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  23. Jyoti MishraJuly 28, 2013 at 9:32 AM

    I loved your response in the end..
    Our perspective defines us.. We see what we want to see..

    What looks clouds to me
    a divine figure is what my dad sees :)

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    1. steveroniJuly 28, 2013 at 8:58 PM

      It is wonderful you revere your dad. He had that gift to "see" things BETTER than you or I. Some peole ate that way--my father also, blind and deaf, yet always "seeing" things...different than others could "see". Thans for comment.

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  24. DulceJuly 28, 2013 at 3:55 PM

    Love your dog's eyes and perpective... You are great, Steve and Lucky so lucky for having you :-)

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    1. steveroniJuly 28, 2013 at 9:00 PM

      Dulce, thank you for your visit and comment. Lucky says, "Good luck!" :-)

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