The terns stood patiently – commuters waiting for the 7.47 to pull in.
Screeching overhead from the gulls – brakes on the line.
Floundering piles, flapping, squirming – packed in like sardines.
Sorted, crated, throw the minnows back – ready to be gutted.
I am linking this to Carrie’s prompt for this week at The Sunday Muse Blogspot (http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/). I began writing a Pantoum, which was disastrous, and after far too long I abandoned it. And this is what came out of my head …
Writing Whatnots 
You have dug deeper in the image and pulled out a keeper here Marion! I love what came out of your head! Sometimes trying to do a special form can strangle the creative process.
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Carrie, that’s so kind. And yes, your’re absolutely right – creative process well and truly strangled!
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You pulled me into the scene with your great descriptors.
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Thank you so much Lisa!
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You’re very welcome.
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I like, Lily — It reminds me of when my NASA boss (Houston Control Center) would come back with his shrimp net full of fish. Neither he nor his wife at crab meat so I was on his list for donations of crab that were caught in his net along with the shrimp. I have lost track of him, he was transferred to Colorado, NORAD for working. I like the way you used this picture as a sending board, I was thinking of using it also (in a way, in mine I use “untied”).
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Thank you Jim. It took a few jumps before I got off the board this time!
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Vivid–love the way the birds in this conform to the same schedule, melding the natural and industrial scene.
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So pleased you liked it Wyndolynne!
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Interesting juxtaposition with commuters and bird life.
Thanks for dropping by to read mine
Much💛love
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Thank you, Gillena.💛 Its sometimes intriguing to see where an image take us…
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Your poem has so much depth. Your insight on the given prompt is really commendable..
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Sunita, thank you so much!
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You caught the feeling of the situation wonderfully in words.
It reads like tasting carefully.
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Thank you Syl!
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you captured a complete moment in time from the photo. i enjoyed the detail.
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Thank you Stacy!
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Mama Mia your tooo good 👍
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mille grazie 🙏
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Oo, what gutting words! Love the imagery and emotion . . . ❤
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Thank you so much!
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