Sunday, January 30, 2011

River of Stones - Day 30

High tension lines look like strings holding up the tower
as if an electrified marionette for a giant or for the gods,
but we all know it only plays puppet to the ever-growing,
never ending show of human consumption. 

5 comments:

Nancy said...

Love the stone and the photograph! I like the way you pull the puppet imagery throughout.

Terri L. French said...

good one, Linda! I'm a coupla stones behind!

Connie L. Peters said...

Yes, great imagery!

S.E.Ingraham said...

This is lovely Linda - both the words and the photo ...

Judy Roney said...

Wow, lots to think about in this short poem. I like your descriptions like, "an electrified marionette for a giant" Brilliant!