2016 Found Object Poem Project: Day 27

It’s Day 27 of our month-long daily writing project.This year’s theme is FOUND OBJECTS. For those of you who are new to the project, please read my introductory post. You’ll find more information and all of the Week 4 FOUND OBJECTS at this post.Now that we are down to the final three days, I'd like to see how pleased and amazed I am by everyone's enthusiasm this year. I haven't put together the numbers yet, but I know many more people participated and contributed poems this year. It's been wonderful to share our early drafts in a supportive community.I have family visiting today, so I'm only adding Day 27's poems. If you've left a poem for another day, I'll post it later.FOUND: ARCHITECTURAL RUINSWhile I didn't make a separate category for antiques, we did have several prompts that one might find in an antique shop. Buffy Silverman's contribution for today takes "functional object," "antique," and "art" and blends them together in an intriguing landscape.Will we see some characters taking the poetic stage before this backdrop?Here is a lovely metaphor poem from Jessica Bigi.PoetryBy Jessica BigiIvory sentences framingWalls of pagesRich mossy wordsTurning under fingertipsBookmark memoriesSipping tea we sit readingIn life’s library***Carol Varsalona has another digital composition at her blog. These have been really fun, so I hope you'll visit Carol to take a look: http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2016/02/celebrating-writing.html.Moss-covered ruins,aching with age,tumble through time.Architects wonder.Designers plan,Writers clear pathswith their words.©Carol Varsalona, 2016***Today's found object reminded me of my visit to Italy last June. I took some notes on my phone while we were visiting the ruins at Paestum and "found" an incident I'd forgotten about.Ruins: PaestumBy Laura ShovanA dry dirt road spooledbetween the ruinsand the tourist shops,restaurant, museum.“Did you hear that?”I asked the friendsI’d traveled with by train.They shook their heads.I took it as a sign.No one else heardthe peacock’s scream.It called to me only.The bird is sacredto Hera, a symbolof her beautiful, large eyes.Near the columnsof Paestum's great temple --dedicated to Hera as wife --I said a prayer, imaginedcoming home to you,dressed in blue feathers.***Diane Mayr is thinking about the timelessness of ancient architecture.Granite Speaks of EternityBy Diane MayrWe thought we were given ourown eternity by quarrymen whoreleased us from mountainsthat held us prisoner.Builders hauled and liftedand fit us into worksof architectural magnificencedecorated by masters of art.Surely, we would honor man andourselves by lasting forever.Then along came the Bryophytesreducing our dreams to dust.***I found Mary Lee Hahn's haiku for today to be heartbreaking -- and in such a small space.every life(hopefully softened by moss)becomes rubble©Mary Lee Hahn, 2015***Today's object has many of us thinking about time. Molly Hogan's contribution is a short poem on this theme.RuinsBy Molly HoganWithin an eternity of archesMoss masseson tumbled marbleand time marches on***So many poets today are highlighting the moss growing on the ruins. One symbolic of life, the other symbolic of ...? I like the way Linda Baie's poem draws our attention to the dual meaning of "ruin."the word ‘ruin’softened by moss –spring deceitLinda Baie ©All Rights Reserved***Donna Smith says, "Couldn’t resist a bit of London Bridges falling at stanzas’ ends…"Marble ArchesWhat once was lofty white and pureThat all thought would so long endureBecame eroded and unsureThis ostentatious entrywayBecame just ruins in the way;In days gone by they stood aboveEach block fitting like a gloveTo house many a city doveCity doveCity doveHouse many a city doveMarble archesIn paths they lie upon the groundAs if in hunt they had been downedBecoming stilled, no echoed soundWearing hides of green and brownThose marble arches fallen downWould that we could just recrownJust recrownJust recrownWould that we could just recrownMarble arches.©2016, Donna JT Smith, all rights reserved***Buffy Silverman reveals a little bit more about the photograph in her poem. Thanks, Buffy!In AntiguaEarthy scents risefrom crumbled ruins,roots reclaim the gloriesof civilization,brought from an old worldimposed on a new world.Moss cares not about conqueroror conquered,religion or culture,order or plan.It spills over columnsand stones,churches and temples,liberating all.©Buffy Silverman***It's good to see Margaret Simon back. She says, "Today I am happy to be back with a poem of hope."In the graveyard of buildingsstone becomes mulchfor grass and weeds.Nature does what it does best–continues to growrenew relive.I walk among the fallen stonepeek behind the boldersee a hidden nest.Yes, there is new lifeeverywhere.Just look!by Margaret Simon***Charles Waters' poem has me thinking about what this building might have been.Morning's PromiseBy Charles WatersSunlight shimmiesinto cathedrals.Beams of luminescentblessings slide throughstained glass intothe consciousnessof each remarkable,flawed parishioneron this holy dayof rest.***Reminder: Tomorrow we will be back at Jan Godown Annino's blog, BOOKSEED STUDIO, for Day 28.We'll return here for Leap Day and the final prompt.Interested in what we’ve written so far? Here are links to this week’s poems (I will update this list soon -- apologies to those I missed):Sunday, February 21FOUND OBJECT: Antique Sewing MachinePoems by: Diane Mayr, Linda Baie, Jone Rush MacCulloch, Jessica Bigi, Matt Forrest Esenwine, Donna Smith, Carol Varsalona, Charles Waters.Note: You will find links to all of  the Week 1, 2, and 3 poems at this post.Monday, February 22FOUND OBJECT: Stick InsectPoems by: Mary Lee Hahn, Donna Smith, Carol Varsalona, Jessica Bigi, Charles Watesr, Jone Rush MacCulloch, Linda Baie, Diane Mayr.Tuesday, February 23 at BOOKSEED STUDIOFOUND OBJECT: Library of Congress CartPoems by: Jan Godown Annino, Jessica Bigi, Donna Smith, Linda Baie, Laura Shovan, Carol Varsalona, Diane Mayr, Mary Lee Hahn, Charles Waters, Jone Rush MacCulloch, Heidi Mordhorst.Wednesday, February 24FOUND OBJECT: Phoebe NestPoems by: Jessica Bigi, Diane Mayr, Heidi Mordhorst, Mary Lee Hahn, Matt Forrest Esenwine, Linda Baie, Laura Shovan, Charles Waters, Donna Smith, Carol Varsalona.Thursday, February 25FOUND OBJECT: Pearl Harbor KeysFriday, February 26 at Michael Ratcliffe's PoetryFOUND OBJECT: Sun Sign