Look carefully at
any offer made to you
the base may not be
as reliable as you
would have thought or expected
by Roberta Eaton Cheadle
Written for Colleen Chesebro’s weekly poetry challenge which you can join in here: https://colleenchesebro.com/2019/12/17/colleens-2019-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-158-photoprompt/
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I did a double-take. That’s a FLAME. Your poem and the image are both beautiful and dark.
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Thank you, Priscilla. I also had to look twice. It is a very interesting picture.
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A very astute observation
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Thank you, Danny. Working in corporate finance makes you a bit wary of taking things at face value.
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A good principle to hold through life.
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the words have a nice rhythm to them!
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Love this Robbie an excellent take on the prompt 💜
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Thank you, Willow. It is funny how these ideas come to us from a photograph, isn’t it?
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Yes it is , also it’s so amazing how we all see the same thing in a different light💜
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Lovely visual, both the photo and your writing. ❤
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Thank you, Penny. This photo was a great choice.
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Excellent take on the image, Robbie. I really like this one. ❤
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Thank you, Colleen, this image certainly has conjured up some great poems from people.
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It’s an interesting composition for sure.
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I love this Tanka, Robbie. It makes a lot of sense to me. Well done. 😀 ❤
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Thank you, Vashti.
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Learning to see what’s really there takes care and training. Beware! We see what we expect to see; we correct what we think should be corrected. All is subjective, not reflective or erected to please all who cannot “see” with their glorious souls… You nailed this one, Robbie!
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Thank you, Deborah. I am delighted that you understood this poem’s meaning so well.
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That’s a great interpretation, and also good advice! (K)
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Thanks Kerfe. Not very Christmassy…
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Maybe even more important to keep your eyes open this time of year.
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I concur with your other readers that your poem is an excellent take on the prompt.
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Thank you, Liz.
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There are so many ‘hidden’ factors…
I might just have to look back into Colleen’s prompts after the new year 🙂
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You should, Jules, they are very good for motivating interesting poems.
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Just copy and pasted the link for reference 🙂
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Thank you, Jules.
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I did the same thing Priscilla did. At first I didn’t catch the flame in the photo.
Your verse is an excellent match for such a dramatic picture!
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Thank you, Mae. An insubstantial base to things seems to be quite prevalent at the moment.
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I like it! Don’t put your treasures in precarious locations!
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Thank you. Absolutely right.
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