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Sep 11
poem, audio 7 comments challenge: Art of ...
Love to write

The Art of Fog Catching

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I stood at the tip of the dock
looking out over
that salty water.

The fog had come slowly 
that morning,
seeping into the harbor
and quietly covering 
the shore. 

Mussel gathering at noontime 
was raw and wet.
The chilled water numbed my fingers 
until feeling 
no longer pulsed through them 
and blood flowed easily 
from popped blisters,
earned yesterday while chopping wood. 

Later,
when the rain let up a bit,
I stood,
arms spread wide
on the rock wall 
holding human from ocean,
and ocean from human; 
determined to keep all stray children 
from wandering, helpless 
into the hands 
of reckless waves. 

I closed my fingers 
that day, 
around a wispy strand 
of fog, 
drifting gently through the breeze
and quickly learned 
the art of fog catching.

You had to stand 
silently; 
wait until the slightest breeze 
floated by and then,
you had caught it: 
the pure and perfect 
essence of fall mornings,
fog.
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  1. gg
    Sep 11, 2017

    Your images bring to mind so many things. Sensory detail. So powerful, so effective.

    Thanks for this.
    gg

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  1. Love to write
    Sep 12, 2017

    Thank you!

    Life is not a paragraph.

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  1. Reid
    Sep 12, 2017

    The Art of Fog Catching -- from the title on, I loved this piece. Could you add audio -- you can record yourself reading it directly on your blog (add media) -- and we'll send this off to our media partners? Let me know if you run into any glitches! Thanks!

    YWP Executive Director
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  1. Love to write
    Sep 12, 2017

    I would love to add audio but when I went to the "add media" it said in the directions to click the green "start" button... I didn't see it anywhere. How do I record my self? Thanks!

    Life is not a paragraph.

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  1. Reid
    Sep 12, 2017

    Hey, I just checked in on your piece. Seems to be working from this end. Add media, Audio upload and a green button pops up... along with these directions:
    1. Click the green START button.
    2. You will then be asked whether to record Audio or Video. Choose Audio.
    3. You then may be asked for permission to access your computer's microphone. Say yes.
    4. You will see a multi-colored indicator that the widget is picking up sound. Click RECORD.
    5. When you are finished, click the orange button STOP.
    6. Scroll to the bottom of the form and click SAVE.
    Let me know if it still gives you trouble. The other alternative is to record yourself using Audacity and email me the mp3... We'll get there! Thanks for trying this!

    YWP Executive Director
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  1. Love to write
    Sep 12, 2017

    I looked again... only the directions pop up, not the green button. How do I record on Audacity? Thanks for your help!

    Life is not a paragraph.

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  1. Love to write
    Sep 12, 2017

    i just logged onto my account on my computer and it worked! the problem was that i was on a phone so the audio recording option wouldn't pop up. thanks again!!

    Life is not a paragraph.

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