Monday, April 7, 2014

Palace of Pile

A   L   O   H   A  !
Click Photo / Come to Waikiki
" Life loves 
to be taken by
 the lapel and told,
 'I'm with you kid.
 Let's go.' "

Maya Angelou










Any piece of writing,
from a letter to a book
can fly or
it can fail.

It might be a Palace
of  Thought, Wonder,
Delight.

Or it may be
just a pile of words,
taking the same hours 
of assembly 
but never taking off.









Think of a violin.
(Did you HEAR 
a violin when you
thought of it?)

A woman good with
tools, could cut,
shape, polish,
all of the parts
that go into a violin.

But an instrument maker
turns those same parts
into an instrument,
not just a novelty.







It takes more
than piling up words
to make sense, 
to persuade, to heal.

Too many books
are false fronts like a
 pioneer town.






I trust few words.
Among them:

"Thank You, dear Friends"

I like to mean
what I say.

           Fondly, Cloudia

Leave a comment if Your time permits

20 comments:

The Weaver of Grass said...

I have read such a lot of Maya Angelou and admire her greatly - she talks such a lot of sense.

Anonymous said...

Your words stack up nicely.
DrumMajor

Charles Gramlich said...

books as false fronts! hum, very interesting. I'm gonna have to give that some thought.

TexWisGirl said...

a pile of words. i like that.

Other Mary said...

Interesting comments about words. I think there is obviously using words honestly and falsely, but there is also much joy (I think) to be found in wordplay. Words, language is an amazing, wonderful, powerful thing. Have a lovely day Cloudia.

bakku-shan said...

I like pile of words.

Rosaria Williams said...

That image of children at the shore, and the thought of a pile of words...

PerthDailyPhoto said...

One day people will be posting beautiful images with quotes signed 'Cloudia' .. it's true!

LOLfromPasa said...

Oh I do love that top shot. Good to see that Diamond Head is in view.

Cloudia said...

Each of you is received here with joy!

Thanks So Much ♥

Elephant's Child said...

I am a lover of words. I rustle through them, pull them snuggly up around my ears and, occasionally, throw them...

eViL pOp TaRt said...

Such lovely words.

Thank you so much for your suggestion of my writing.

Angel.

Filip and Kristel said...

Great first picture.

Greetings,
Filip

Brian Miller said...

ha. i am with you kid, lets go...smiles...

def admire maya

aloha from va

William Kendall said...

Spectacular shots, Cloudia!

Small Kucing said...

I like " It takes more
than piling up words
to make sense,
to persuade, to heal.

Too many books
are false fronts like a
pioneer town"

It's like saying talk is easy. doing it is hard.

Teresa said...

You are on a roll with your wise woman philosophizing, Ms. Cloudi!

aspiritofsimplicity said...

I like piles of words also...makes me want to dig into the pile and line them all up...and then toss them back down to see what some one else will find

aspiritofsimplicity said...

I like piles of words also...makes me want to dig into the pile and line them all up...and then toss them back down to see what some one else will find

Cloudia said...

this is awesome! Thanks so much pals