Bright
objects
hypnotize
the mind, conceal
discernment in a
tapestry. A spinning
top wobbles and slams into
wall. A pear shaped diamond ring at
Tiffany’s. A shooting star. A slot
machine paying a huge jackpot. Bright things
hypnotize the mind. Sunshine mirrors sea
headlights glare inside island tunnel
the full moon’s steady starless ascent
a thousand candle watt light
shined into the starving
dark Chilean eyes
of trapped miners
surviving
major
stress.
Author, Poet, Photographer, domestic violence survivor, and naturalized immigrant, Cornelia is currently an Arts and Letters member of The Southwest Florida Branch of The National League Of American Pen Women.
Cornelia lived in Kaneohe, Hawaii, for thirty-six years. Also, seven years in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York. She now resides in North Fort Myers, Florida.
Her poems and photography are published in print, online, and in Rain Bird, a literary and art journal of the University of Hawaii's Windward Community College (2008-2013).
In 2013, Cornelia received Rain Bird's Kolokolea Poetry Prize for her poem, "Speaking French."
In 2015 her chapbook "Hawaiian Time," entered in the National League of American Pen Women's Vinnie Ream contest, was awarded third place in their inaugural multi-discipline category.
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18 thoughts on “Bright Objects Hypnotize the Mind”
**Inspired by the Academy of American Poets Poster celebrating National Poetry Month in April
wagwan.
bright objects hypnotize the mind,
bright objects are chronic, hypochondriac, vulcanizing the mind
bright objects dance in mind, dance with mind
bright objects are objects of the mind
shaped by the mind
perceived by the mind.
Well done, It is a fast-paced poem that feels like it is taking you down deeper and deeper into a tunnel of mystery with its words. Its suspense at its best! GREAT JOB! 😀
Feel free to check out my poems as well and let me know what you think! 🙂
Bright objects hypnotize the mind – a great title, rhythm, cadence, whatever
I could have done with it at the end where it would have had a dying fall – Bright objects hypnotize the mind – and a clang of finality to it.
Thanks for the pleasure
Corney Press 
**Inspired by the Academy of American Poets Poster celebrating National Poetry Month in April
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I write on Boxing and dabble in poetry. I think this is a great medium of where they meet. Vegas Baby!
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Thanks–appreciate the feedback. Stay tuned!
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Bringing objects together is poetry. Love it.
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Thanks-liked what I saw on your blog too!
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Wow. “Sunshine mirrors sea” has to definitely be my favorite of bright things to hypnotize my mind. Love it!
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Interesting blog! Check out these extracts of my collection:
http://grimke.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/fr/
All the best.
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I really like the shape of your poem. Nicely done. : )
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Thank you
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I like this poem a lot. You certainly captured the mood with these words:
starving
dark Chilean eyes
of trapped miners
Did you follow the whole saga of getting them out? Amazing scenes, weren’t they?
Check out the homepage of my site. New poems!
http://grimke.wordpress.com/
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Thanks- I did follow it!
Will take a look at your blog!
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wagwan.
bright objects hypnotize the mind,
bright objects are chronic, hypochondriac, vulcanizing the mind
bright objects dance in mind, dance with mind
bright objects are objects of the mind
shaped by the mind
perceived by the mind.
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Brilliant–I used a strict form-there can be many responses to this prompt!
well done,
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amazing..very interesting..:-)
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Well done, It is a fast-paced poem that feels like it is taking you down deeper and deeper into a tunnel of mystery with its words. Its suspense at its best! GREAT JOB! 😀
Feel free to check out my poems as well and let me know what you think! 🙂
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Bright objects hypnotize the mind – a great title, rhythm, cadence, whatever
I could have done with it at the end where it would have had a dying fall – Bright objects hypnotize the mind – and a clang of finality to it.
Thanks for the pleasure
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1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.
Perfect!
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Thank you– A Double Etheree
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