neither good nor bad
Stairs at Dusk
neither good nor bad
with a jump,
you’ll get down fast
physics takes over
a dangerous trick
steps are slow
steps are quiet
steps are neither good nor bad
indifferent stones
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Written for:
Magpie Tales – Mag 119
Image credit: Richmond Virginia Museum of Fine Arts – Fragment of Edward Hopper’s, “House at Dusk” (1935)
Posted on May 27, 2012, in Magpie Tales, Poetry and tagged Edward Hopper, House at Dusk, indifferent stones, Magpie Tales, poetry prompt, Richmond Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, stairs, writing prompt. Bookmark the permalink. 24 Comments.
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ZONGRIK 
A step by step analysis of steps. I like it.
I agree 🙂 Step by step!
I love how you went in a different direction with this! Very creative. BTW… thanks for visiting my blog and commenting.
Wow…I never saw that Hopper before. Great poem to match.
I did feel a cold indifference in this painting. I don’t think it would be one I chose to purchase. Thanks for stopping by.
You cleverly isolated part of it and came up with a gem,Tammy! How nice,and how observant. I didn’t quite notice the steps until you’ve separated it that way. That’s the mark of a seasoned poet that you are. You get the details right! Great write Ma’am!
Hank
not one to like a fall, I shy from jumping down stairs anymore…
Wander
I see what you mean about taking 1/8th part – Good spot,picking up on the steps.
I like the focus. Nice write.
ha…jump and you may never have to worry about steps again…steps are neither good or bad…i like that…we take many a step every day….
enjoyed the mysterious and wise quality.
nice shrinking of the image to accomate your words- no mis-step here!
excellent treatment of the image=no mis-step here!
I like how you focused in on one part of the picture. Very cool. This was a tight write-no wasted words. It felt sort of mysteriously eerie to me.
Escalator please?
I like the last line indifferent stones, it kinda of sum it up for me and gave me an understanding why steps are not the same.
I enjoyed the rise and the run of your poem, nice easy steps. Thank you for sharing, Zongrik. An interesting perspective. =D
Nice focus!
I like the reference to Physics….!!
discontent
I like how tou brought the steps to life, Zongrik
I saw a deeper suggestion in this. Your line, “steps are neither good nor bad
indifferent stones” is powerful and, all light-hearted comments aside, invokes images of a pained heart…..
Steps always better and safer… but sometimes u just gotta jump i think!
Window to the other side
Nice…I like the way you concentrate on the steps…powerful in its brevity…
i like that! steps are neither good nor bad