The Umbrella
I’m posting what I want to call snapshot poetry. It’s a poem I write after seeing a picture that inspires me. I write the poem to describe a picture the way I feel it. I had fun with this one and wrote three different poems. This is the picture I saw on Pinterest. I did some searching and this is the link for, I think, the original picture: https://500px.com/photo/223415/its-a-rainy-day-by-vinoth-chandar Photo taken by Vinoth Chandar The Umbrella (component description) Eight suspended nylon wings, Taffeta stretched between wire ribs. Pointed tips where water drips, Metal shaft spiked through domed rain shield, Curved hook, a solid grip. The Umbrella (narrative) Lying there it stayed, While the water came to play. The dark clouds foreboding bade, For the sun, they did betray. On its side it lay, In crystal splendor vast arrayed, The splashed canopy there splayed. In shadows forlorn, beauty it did portra...