Poetic Injustice & Scary Seasons
"Evil doesn't sleep, it waits. And in the moment of our complacency, it blinds us." Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Do you ever get as angry as the character above looks when thinking of gobal affairs? In keeping with the Halloween season and Storytellers' prompt "scary quotes", I recalled a line from "The Rings of Power" and how it resonates regarding Putin playing his neighbors for decades forming dependencies, showing his "friendlier" side, while all the while intending to invade Ukraine which must fight-on bravely for its independence.
There's also the climate crisis and a lack of rain we've been experiencing in my area. People have enjoyed the sun but vegetation needs the drops that started to fall just this morning. The heron sculptures were free of concern, even about potential rust. 
The ducks floated calmly in circles on the ocean.
A log rested on the shore like an abandoned whale's tail.
Seahorses swayed ever-so-slightly in the mild breeze, leftovers from a great vacation.
It's been a while since my husband and I sought to pretend being scary in our truly beautiful but dangerous world. Check out some spooky Halloween costumes HERE.
Explore more at Poets and Storytellers United and Saturday's Critters. Check out my sites: Postcards from Penelope Puddle and Musings of A Puddlist In B.C.
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That is a favorite quote of mine, too. So very true... especially these days.
ReplyDeleteI hope you get rain very soon.
Nice poem, and the following also. I like herons, I wrote of my favorite several years ago. http://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-single-impression-miss.html
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I returned and saw.your NASA credit. I worked as an Aerospace Engineer at NASA Houston and before that three years at a spy satellite tracking station in New Hampshire making it work and training the USAF Airmen how to use it and keep it maintained. In 1980 I changed careers but stayed in the Houston area.
DeleteWow ... Jim! Thanks for sharing that. What an interesting and meaningful career you've had. :)
DeleteI hope we don't have to settle for sculptures of our wildlife because the real thing is gone someday. I have a parasol in my poem today.
ReplyDeleteSome of your captions to the images could make a poem too – or single one-line poems.
ReplyDeleteClimate change is uneven! Here we are dreading the next lot of wild weather and (now incredibly frequent) flooding.
OMG that face!!!
And that very succinct and powerful verse says it all.
Especially love the potential rust situation and the abandoned whale tail... nice!
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ReplyDeleteThat is a scary looking character! Great quote! I hope the good can overtake the evil in our world. Love the heron sculptures and the cute ducks. The sea horses are a cute decorations. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a happy weekend.
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ReplyDeleteMatters of deep concern all of the above, but on a lighter note I loved the decorative seahorses, the cute ducks, the herons,and the beautiful white parasol.
Enjoy your weekend
All the best.
Fun yet serious post and photos ~ Most important is the climate ~ if we don't take care of our world ~ there will no planet to be in or deal with good/evil ~ Xo
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Too many world leaders feel like fantasy world villains these last few years. I think Putin could have a vision board labeled What Would Sauron Do?
ReplyDeleteHaha … I see you know the Tolkien characters. It does seem like the former Soviet Union is Putin's Middle-earth.
DeleteEnjoyed all your photography, and the musings today. The sea-horses on the street sign are so cute. :)
ReplyDeleteThe world is in a pretty scary mess, not only with climate change. Authoritarian regimes around the world are getting belligerent, trying land grabs and threatening to fire nukes.
The quote sounds so true. I can’t help feeling angry, sad, helpless… with global affairs, continuous cruelty and lies. The inanimate herons and seahorses are so lovely to see. They look having their own life, too. Autumnal air is felt at last after so long heat wave since June including too hot October in my place.
ReplyDeleteIt is very difficult to maintain a sense of optimism when one sees what is happening in the world. And we know for sure that every nation is designing ever more efficient and lethal weapons to accomplish remote destruction of others. Mad men like Putin continue to inflict misery, President Xi installs himself for life and American democracy is moribund and about to expire. In Canada extremist demagogues like Pierre Polièvre stand a real chance of governing our country. In Hungary fascism is alive and well. Balsonaro may well rule again in Brazil and continue the destruction of the rain forest. It goes on and on. How much longer can humans inhabit the Earth? Probably not very long.
ReplyDeleteI love the quote and believe it to be true. We live in a topsy turvy world now where ordinary people can't distinguish between good and evil. I don't generally worry about world affairs but I worry about Ukraine because I think Putin will destroy it if he can't have it, no matter the cost to his own country.
ReplyDeleteYou poem is excellent, short and perfect! You've basically summed up the plot of every classic horror film ever and done it in four lines of flawless rhyme! Well done! Great photos, too. Love the whale tail log on the beach :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Sunra, and thank you all for reading my scary little poem! :)
ReplyDeleteI can't stop returning to the whale's tail log. It's fascinating. Excellent quote!
ReplyDeleteIt seems like we have always had to deal with the crazies nipping at our heals all throughout history. It will be interesting to know what the history books will say about the latest ones. I don't think it will be kind to them and rightfully not. Your images are fun and beautiful, a pleasure to see. Thank you also for the quote, it certainly is a powerful one.
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