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Monday, October 24, 2016

That Recipe (Quadrille)


Prompt: Quadrille incorporating 'spark'...


That Recipe



All alone on the fourth of July and I…

think it’s gonna be just another night, but…

on the vault of the sky, I spy sparks

melting in the dark like MacArthur’s Park

and rising within me is a thrill to a call:

free!




(All thanks and apologies to Richard Harris)
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33 comments:

  1. brudbergOctober 24, 2016 at 3:54 PM

    What a moment to be there all alone and see, and watch the firework... it could be a very freeing sensation... it could also leave you even more alone.

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    1. UttleyOctober 24, 2016 at 4:01 PM

      You make me consider a star in the sky - so distant from any other - yet never alone b/c there are so many.

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  2. De JacksonOctober 24, 2016 at 3:54 PM

    I LOVE this thought: "on the vault of the sky"
    How gorgeous, and profound. This makes the stars treasure, yes?

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  3. UttleyOctober 24, 2016 at 4:02 PM

    It does, doesn't it. :)

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  4. ✿October 24, 2016 at 4:02 PM

    Super rad poem, man.

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  5. Kim M. RussellOctober 24, 2016 at 4:25 PM

    Love the reference to McArthur Park - I used to love that song when I was a kid. The first concept single.

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    1. UttleyOctober 24, 2016 at 8:36 PM

      Was it you who left the cake out in the rain?

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  6. Sanaa RizviOctober 24, 2016 at 4:41 PM

    On the vault of sky.. oh yes! ❤️

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  7. Frank HubenyOctober 24, 2016 at 4:58 PM

    I liked the idea of sparks melting in the dark which is what fireworks seem to do.

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  8. GraceOctober 24, 2016 at 5:35 PM

    I love that moment - the vault of the sky & sparks ~

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    1. UttleyOctober 24, 2016 at 8:33 PM

      I wish I were a graphic artist so that I could render it visually. But hey, we're poets right? Our MINDS are graphic art.

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  9. VictoriaOctober 24, 2016 at 6:00 PM

    Free, indeed. Those spark synonymous with celebrating freedom in my mind.

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    1. UttleyOctober 24, 2016 at 8:31 PM

      Freedom... such an elusive concept. Yet undoubtedly sometimes one feels it.

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  10. AnonymousOctober 24, 2016 at 10:10 PM

    Nicely done..,like the vault of the sky and the call to freedom...

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    1. UttleyOctober 25, 2016 at 5:28 AM

      Hey thotpurge. It's a call to be heeded for sure.

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  11. kaykualaOctober 24, 2016 at 10:15 PM

    McArthur Park! pleasant memories on the song! And certainly nice to be free to watch the fireworks even though alone!

    Hank

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    1. UttleyOctober 25, 2016 at 5:29 AM

      Definitely. Hard to think about those who don't get to look at the sky except maybe an hour a day in the yard, eh?

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  12. MariaOctober 24, 2016 at 10:31 PM

    "and rising within me is a thrill to a call:

    free!"

    ~I feel there's more to these lines. Deep and profound.

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    1. UttleyOctober 25, 2016 at 5:30 AM

      Really makes me ask myself - what does free mean to me?

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  13. Gayle Walters RoseOctober 24, 2016 at 11:03 PM

    Wow, you brought back memories for me with the mention of McArther Park and Richard Harris with this one. I've often been moved watching those fireworks on the Fourth of July. We do have a lot to be grateful for.

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    1. UttleyOctober 25, 2016 at 5:32 AM

      Indeed. I do consider myself something of a patriot when it comes right down to it. Lots of people seem to think that the old USA is pretty much a failed or flailing experiment, but all in all it seems to me a smashing success!

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  14. MishOctober 25, 2016 at 1:47 AM

    Just love the sound of "I spy sparks melting in the dark".

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    1. UttleyOctober 25, 2016 at 5:34 AM

      Blow on the horn long enough, a little music might come out. Hehe. Thanks for visiting Mish.

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  15. AnotherFearlessYear.netOctober 25, 2016 at 3:47 PM

    Wonderful little Quadrille. I love your rhyming throughout.

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  16. UttleyOctober 25, 2016 at 8:37 PM

    Thanks much Linda.

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  17. lynn__October 26, 2016 at 2:19 AM

    A clever recipe worth sharing!

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  18. Katie Mia FrederickOctober 27, 2016 at 10:32 AM

    MacArthur’s Park that term
    alone for place of
    disco in the
    70's can
    never be
    redone
    as spark
    of Nature's
    liGht in Dance of FReED..:)

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  19. Rosemary Nissen-WadeNovember 2, 2016 at 12:54 AM

    I like the exuberance.

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