"One" and "Solace"

Tonight I've been making an effort to look through the Flickr photo groups that I've joined, posted some of my favourite pictures into discussion threads (hoping they will invite me / comment) and I have had a lot of success with this one (click on it to be taken directly to Flickr site):



I then made an effort to visit the sites of those who had commented on my work. I came across a lovely photo by 'bluesrose' titled 'One' - of a yellow rose in a black frame. To see it go here.

I immediately wrote the following poem in response:

One day, one love, one moment, one kiss, one rose, a sign of friendship ....one sigh, one hug, one dreamy kip, framed in eloquence.

Note: one of the 'Flickrers' had told 'bluesrose' to watch the framing, hence the reference to that.

I then got some feedback on a poem from 'Serendipity comes across' and so I went to look at her photos and was bowled over by a lovely black and white portrait, slightly blurred showing a woman's raised neck and jaw line. Also need to go to Flick to see it here

This is the poem I wrote, also spontaneously and from the top of my head, in response:

When pain and pleasure collide
There is very little to hide
Showing your vulnerability
Opening up to fragility
When nothing is ever black and white
Shadows give a different light
Reaching up for that tender kiss
Hoping that it is not the last, the one to miss