Hope Set Sail

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"False hope is a creeping vine." - from Plainsong, Horizon Forbidden West
   
There are as many types of clouds as facets to people. Pleasant, placid, edgy, flighty, still, stirred, puffed up, dreary, grim, thin, thick, thunderous, sullen, silver-lined, fiery, flimsy, rain-swollen, squalid, woolly, dreamy, moon-struck, sun-streaked, cotton candy clouds have swept over my horizons. This week's Poets and Storytellers United prompt are grammatical tools, i.e. "adjectives and adverbs". There would be little language left without these descriptive devices. So naturally a few found their way into my post and poem. News of the day was also my prompt. Cries for better situations are at universal levels. There are more personal hopes and prayers than glints in the ocean at a time when we most need healing actions, life's "verbs", to instill real hope and change.
   
Some photos were taken locally and others during my Alaska cruise years ago. ⛅ 

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HOLD ONTO THE LIGHT

Comments

  1. Carol @Comfort Spring StationNovember 9, 2023 at 11:16 AM

    a fantastic collection of photos

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  2. TomNovember 9, 2023 at 11:16 AM

    ...life can be filled with so many emotions. Take care and enjoy nature's beauty.

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  3. SlabsNovember 9, 2023 at 11:28 AM

    Absolutely stunning and your pictures are sure worth a thousand words. Love those cloud formations.
    I visited you via Skywatch Friday - 9 November 2023
    I linked up this week with = 7. Hope you will join us at #WordlessWednesday. You will find it BLOGGING / wordlesswednesday

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  4. Pat @ Mille Fiori FavoritiNovember 9, 2023 at 11:30 AM

    Such beautiful sky photos and wonderful quote.

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  5. Yogi♪♪♪November 9, 2023 at 1:00 PM

    You do such a great job with your photographs.

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  6. Spare Parts and PicsNovember 9, 2023 at 1:45 PM

    Lovely skyline in photo #1 and gorgeous skies!

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  7. magiceyeNovember 9, 2023 at 5:19 PM

    Amazing captures!

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  8. JoyfulNovember 9, 2023 at 6:02 PM

    Beautiful collection of sky photos.

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  9. Veronica LeeNovember 9, 2023 at 6:21 PM

    Incredible photography!
    I especially love the gorgeous sky shots.

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  10. Mystic MeanderingNovember 9, 2023 at 10:12 PM

    Your lovely photo of the sailboat on the horizon reminded me of Enya's song - "Orinoco Flow" and the refrain, "Sail away, sail away, sail away." I had to look up the lyrics and there's one line that just popped out at me: "From the deep Sea of Clouds to the island of the Moon." I thought it kinda fit your Moon shot through the "sea of clouds" :) It seems like there are so many clouds (emotions) we have to pass through sometimes to get to clarity ... Love that you put a bottle of wishes in the Ocean :)

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  11. RajaniNovember 10, 2023 at 6:50 AM

    sun-swallowed bottle... how I love that!!! Great pics..

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  12. Debi SwimNovember 10, 2023 at 11:09 AM

    Lovely pictures that capture so many emotions.

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  13. Rosemary Nissen-WadeNovember 10, 2023 at 4:27 PM

    Brilliant use of adjectives in both the poem and the introductory note. Your wonderful photos are an added bonus!

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  14. DeniseinVANovember 10, 2023 at 7:24 PM

    These images are incredible! Lovely words also. Every time I come here I am in awe.

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  15. JimNovember 10, 2023 at 8:22 PM

    I like your "Hope"-setting sail. Guess I should hope all of tests I've been taking finds the roots of my sudden attack of anemia. Had a bone marrow biopsy this morning. The blood tests give my kidneys a bad score but the blood test are giving strange and conflicting results. One day cancer is ruled out and then the next will come a test that could put it back in. I turned 90 on my recent Sabatical, I should be satisfied with what ever.
    I liked your 'Folk on a bench facing the waters.' I've taken quite a few pictures of this viewing prompt, quite a few of other benches. The viewers tend to put themselves into the picture.
    ..

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    1. Penelope NotesNovember 11, 2023 at 5:00 AM

      Jim, wishing you improved health as the tests proceed.

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  16. MarjaNovember 10, 2023 at 11:04 PM

    I like your poem and yes pleas are seemingly left unread these days. Your photos are gorgeous

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  17. Dr. Vandana SharmaNovember 11, 2023 at 1:18 AM

    Colourful emotions and photos!

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  18. stardustNovember 11, 2023 at 3:41 AM

    Each sky arises a certain emotion. In the first photo, I wonder whether the city is under the clouds or the waves. I like the umbrella of which colors look blending in the surrounding nature. The moon image reminded me of a moon-ship tannka poem by Kakinomoto Hitomaro (?-708).

    On the sea of heaven
    The waves of clouds rise
    And I can see
    The moon-ship disappearing
    As it is rowed into the forest of stars
    天の海に　雲の波立ち　月の船
    星の林に　漕ぎ隠る見ゆ

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  19. AnonymousNovember 11, 2023 at 7:11 AM

    I like the glimmers from the sun swallowed bottles on the water too. Nice pics !...Rall

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  20. eileeninmdNovember 11, 2023 at 7:21 AM

    Lovely words and beautiful sky captures. Take care, have a great weekend.

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  21. HelenNovember 11, 2023 at 9:00 AM

    Enjoyed your hazy, lazy, filled with wonderful adjectives/adverbs a lot. As always, the photography too.

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  22. Light and VoicesNovember 11, 2023 at 11:51 AM

    I loved seeing the person holding an umbrella fitting quite well into the cloud image. Skies in all the images look mystical. Also like paintings rather than photographs. Absolutely lovely blog.

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  23. AngieNovember 11, 2023 at 10:27 PM

    Maria - I have been out of pocket for a long time, and it is wonderful to see that some things have not changed - your poetry and the beautiful images you share with all of us!

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  24. carol l mckennaNovember 13, 2023 at 8:07 AM

    Always love to see your 'signature umbrella' in a photo ~ wonderful sky shots
    and divine post
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    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  25. Hena TayebNovember 13, 2023 at 2:36 PM

    Stunning photos.

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  26. AnonymousNovember 19, 2023 at 9:45 AM

    Great use of adjectives & i lived the photos - a real treat!
    (sara mcnulty)

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