Roberta Writes – Thursday Doors and W3 #95, personification #Thursdaydoors #poetry #photography

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This is the airport at Madikwe Game Reserve – yes really! The doors you see are to an office and the rest rooms.
Just to prove my point, this picture has the sign Madikwe Eastern Airstrip. I got nipped by black ants while taking this picture so I hope you appreciate it.
A herd of wildebeeste (or gnu) are having a meeting on the runway. Sorry Pilot, you have to wait your turn.
A large termite mound near the airstrip

W3 #95, Personification

II. Heather’s prompt guidelines

Humans often have opinions on most any topic. Let’s put a twist on this. Employ personification to write a poem from the point of view of an object. Maybe your teapot has an opinion on how you make tea or your door with all the comings and goings? Maybe snow has something to say?

Be creative and have fun!

Personification

Personification is a type of metaphor that gives human characteristics to inanimate objects and animals, such as emotions and behaviors.

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My poems are personification but I’m not sure my objects are quite what Heather intended. Oh well!

Mischief Makers (shadorma)

Mielie elves

With long hollow bones (note 1)

Look about

Pondering

Numerous mischievous plans

Pink toed feet ready

This is the bottom of one of our mielie plants. it is the only one where the support structure for the plant has grown through pink. The pink shoots reminded me of toes and so I wrote this poem about Mielie elves making plans and getting ready to run off and implement them.

Note 1 – Elves are believed to have hollow bones, like birds, to aid their flight.

Old Man (choka – 5/7/5/7/5/7/5/7/7)

Greying hair streaming

Sun journeys across the sky

Ample girth straining

At the buttons of his shirt

Burning bright and hot

Despite his advancing age

Slow later mornings

Nurture his remaining strength

Afternoons fiercely blazing

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