Monday, July 16, 2007

Whooshfulness

The ceiling fan droned on and on
about the fruit of its whirling
being a full blown relative to wind.
With the evidence breathing down my neck,
it was hard to deny some validity to the claim.
As the only witness, judge and jury
to the “whooshfulness” of this argument,
I accepted it as a techno cousin of a breeze,
but not enough oomph to be a sibling of a gale.

22 comments:

Katie McKenna said...

Your whimsicalness is So delightful!
I like the way you can personalize on so many different levels.

Thanks! :)

Janice Thomson said...

Ah...this brought a smile Pat! You can take the most ordinary things and make a delightful poem...thank you for that.

Cathy said...

My whoosefulness is running as I type!

floots said...

even a fan is allowed a little whooshful thinking :)

Anonymous said...

our modern lives are filled with techno cousins. Hopefully we will never forget the true gales.

polona said...

you make a fan sound funny (i'm trying to imagine gale force "whoosh" in the office) :)
love it!

J. Andrew Lockhart said...

good one :)

Margie said...

Hi Pat
Been a while since I've been here!

Loved this one!

Margie:)

sage said...

Wind (natural and artifically created) seems to be a theme running through your poems lately). I'm amazed at the way you bring the extraordinary out of the ordinary

Anonymous said...

Making most of mundane things..Only you can write poetry on thise.

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Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D. said...

What a great feeling word and poem wrapped around it. Clever!

trinitystar said...

a techno cousin of a breeze,

what a great connection!

Masago said...

We're in that season all right!

dsnake1 said...

>>techno cousin of a breeze

that's nice!

Rax said...

lovely! had me chuckling again. ahh summers... the fan's whooshfulness earns its spot here hehe really love the techno cousin reference. and the oomph just completely took me in. i think i'll go hug my fan. :)

Anonymous said...

aren't you clever! You are a breath of fresh air!

Fragmented said...

that was fun :) wish i could be as easily inspired as you are :)

Kai said...

very nice..
i hope u r well

NINANINA said...

I like the way you think, putting naturalistic poetry to the most ordinary things.
Finally I am back. Art soon!

Pris said...

I love it:-)

Yes said...

Aw--this is so sweet! Love it!