Ephemeral Fame: Elfje with Haiku

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Georgia

Lost
Somber thoughts
In forgotten books
Philosophers, commedians and politicians
Lanquish

in the early dawn
thoughts like black clouds whispering
ephemeral fame

Spiders
Black webs
Capturing men’s minds
For a passing moment
Ideals

Written for and inspired by Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge and Blog it or Lose it for the poetic combination.

32 thoughts on “Ephemeral Fame: Elfje with Haiku”

Blog It Or Lose It on April 23, 2014 at 07:28 said:

This is gorgeous – I especially like the opening elfje!

A wonderful response to the prompt!

And – as always – I appreciate the shout out! 😀

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- Bastet on April 23, 2014 at 07:36 said:
  
  It’s becoming harder for me to reblog…the wp adds other people’s photos to my media library and it’s becoming too full…this is an alternative. Glad you liked it.
  
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  - Blog It Or Lose It on April 23, 2014 at 21:23 said:
    
    WP made some changes lately with how you add your own photos, too – I’d like to be able to add frames (you used to be able to do that) and to be able to resize photos (you know, 90%, 80%, 70%, like before). It’s frustrating. Like with the haiku cavalcade photos – I’d like for them to be larger than they are, but all I can manage is “medium”. Ugh. Sorry, rambling here.
    
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    - Bastet on April 24, 2014 at 06:36 said:
      
      My editor has large and full size and once put onto the post, if I click it I can further edit it with a thing called personal (which I haven’t tried yet but think that might have those little tweaks your talking about.) I hate it when they make “improvements” without notice…but then I don’t like my stuff to be changed once I’ve mastered it…I would like the choice to move on or stay with the old system.
      
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      - Blog It Or Lose It on April 24, 2014 at 07:31 said:
        
        Amen! I’d love to say, “um, no thanks” when they “offer” these improvements!
        
        I may contact the WP “help desk” (or whatever they call it) to see if they offer any advice. Ugh.
        
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      - Bastet on April 24, 2014 at 09:13 said:
        
        Hadn’t thought of that move…the few times I went there they only confused me further…guess though one has to take what they offer you…kind of like the Facebook odyessy…sigh.
        
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      - Blog It Or Lose It on April 24, 2014 at 19:48 said:
        
        Yeah, beggars can’t be choosers, right? Sometimes I see it more as “voicing discontent” than actual answer-getting though. Oh well.
        
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      - Bastet on April 25, 2014 at 06:20 said:
        
        Yep…more or less. Maybe you’ll have more luck though.
        
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      - Blog It Or Lose It on April 25, 2014 at 06:24 said:
        
        Let’s hope so! The photo issue is so frustrating.
        
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      - Bastet on April 25, 2014 at 06:30 said:
        
        Is it ever. I’m going to have to weed out all my older reblogs and try to get some space as well…that’s a long job I could have done without!
        
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  - Blog It Or Lose It on April 23, 2014 at 21:23 said:
    
    WP made some changes lately with how you add your own photos, too – I’d like to be able to add frames (you used to be able to do that) and to be able to resize photos (you know, 90%, 80%, 70%, like before). It’s frustrating. Like with the haiku cavalcade photos – I’d like for them to be larger than they are, but all I can manage is “medium”. Ugh. Sorry, rambling here.
    
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Aquileana on April 23, 2014 at 07:31 said:

Really well penned… A topic that might to fit into poem shape and, yet, the ending product is marvellous. The last stanza is my favorite, Bastet.
Best wishes to you, Aquileana 😉

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- Bastet on April 23, 2014 at 07:39 said:
  
  Thanks Aquileana…it’s one of my fav topics so it was easy to put into a poetical form. These particular forms require synthesis to get a coherent thought, I’m happy then for your comment which tells me I’ve succeeded 🙂
  
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mindlovemisery on April 23, 2014 at 07:57 said:

Wow stunning write!

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- Bastet on April 23, 2014 at 08:38 said:
  
  Thanks…interesting photo!
  
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  - mindlovemisery on April 23, 2014 at 08:56 said:
    
    XD
    
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eclecticoddsnsods on April 23, 2014 at 08:01 said:

Stunning and I know what you mean about re blogs I don’t know why we have to have the media why can’t it link back? Was it always like that?

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- Bastet on April 23, 2014 at 08:38 said:
  
  It used to be that way until not so long ago…don’t know what’s going on but it eats up my media library space!
  
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  - eclecticoddsnsods on April 23, 2014 at 14:59 said:
    
    yes i have a more business like blog and my media is nearly full…really full
    
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    - Bastet on April 23, 2014 at 18:02 said:
      
      It is a pain…I’m going to have to go through the archives and do some pruning…
      
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      - eclecticoddsnsods on April 23, 2014 at 19:21 said:
        
        yes me too i think big pain i know i will end up deleting attached stuff by mistake
        
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      - Bastet on April 23, 2014 at 20:21 said:
        
        Yep…
        
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Patti Hall on April 23, 2014 at 08:09 said:

You definitely succeeded! Wonderful poem. That photo in fantastic.
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- Bastet on April 23, 2014 at 08:40 said:
  
  Thanks Patti…without that photo, put up by Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie there wouldn’t have been this poem!
  
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Oloriel on April 23, 2014 at 15:20 said:

Love your interpretation of the prompt!

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- Bastet on April 23, 2014 at 18:04 said:
  
  Thanks Oloriel, makes me happy when you comment, appreciate your evaluation.
  
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julespaige on April 24, 2014 at 00:21 said:

Enjoying the mixed medium. Fun to do, yes?
Mystical and magical.

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- Bastet on April 24, 2014 at 07:07 said:
  
  Love mixing things and you’re right they’re fun to do. Thanks for your feedback!
  
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summerstommy2 on April 25, 2014 at 14:37 said:

Very good Georgia, what a mind you have. I did enjoy this take on this fascinating prompt.

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- Bastet on April 26, 2014 at 06:00 said:
  
  Thanks Michael…. ’tis my muse who does all the inventing, glad you enjoyed the poem! 🙂
  
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  - summerstommy2 on April 26, 2014 at 06:01 said:
    
    You’re welcome Georgia. Enjoy your weekend.
    
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    - Bastet on April 26, 2014 at 06:20 said:
      
      And you too.
      
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