Half Way Down by 30pics4jackiesdiamond

Half Way Down

My get pushed challenge was to illustrate a line from my favourite poem. I did tell my challenger I hate poetry ( I always skip poems in novels- I'm a poetry ignoramus Philistine). Unfortunately they didn't take pity on me and offer an alternative! I hate to let down a challenger, so here's my response!

My level of poetry sophistication is AA Milne or limericks, so here's one I thought was called Half Way Up The Stairs !!

Ricardo sat half way up/ down the Tudor staircase waiting for other visitors to West Horsely House to pose by the monocled, fez wearing stuffed bear, made famous in the TV series Ghosts, who was placed half way up the stairs too.

The challenge was finding stairs or steps to go with my rhyme, then getting the light right.
@ankers70 here you go Suzanne
April 21st, 2024  
FAV I love it for the difficulty involved and your resolution to complete the challenge as well as how perfect it is for the poem!
April 21st, 2024  
I vouch for the position and the bear being neither half way up or half way down . You are sophisticated to think of A.A.Milne where my mind went to Kermit the Frog.
April 21st, 2024  
@wakelys not Kermit but Robin, his nephew and I've been singing that song all day long in my head!!
@grammyn I got some funny looks taking photos of stairs and steps !
April 21st, 2024  
Nice
April 21st, 2024  
Jackie, you are nothing if not tenacious! Fab response to your challenge and a perfectly valid piece of poetry!
April 21st, 2024  
Your choice of poetry is splendid! I too hate poetry ... could never find a rhyme or reason for it.
Great composition and DoF here.
April 22nd, 2024  
You certainly got the photo right. Glad you came up with an appropriate poem. Challenge met.
April 22nd, 2024  
Iā€™d say you nailed it! Great focus and DOF.
April 22nd, 2024  
@tiaj1402 clever phone
@randystreat thank you, Pig Gang helped
@farmreporter very clever!!? šŸ˜‚

@365anne which I'm singing in my head again
@joansmor thsnk you
April 22nd, 2024  
I too am a poetry ignoramus Philistine but I quite like the one you chose. Great shot!
April 22nd, 2024  
Great story telling capture. I am a poetry lover, but not all of it. In my youth, sung poetry was very popular in Poland. This is a great way to learn about poems.
April 22nd, 2024  
Lovely perspective and fun capture Jackie:)
April 22nd, 2024  
Excellent response for your challenge!
April 22nd, 2024  
@ljmanning @pcoulson @haskar @kjarn

Thank you so much!
April 22nd, 2024  
I have always loved poetry my favourite book growing up was 'The Golden Treasury of Poetry.'
I've always loved this poem....great image šŸ˜Š
April 22nd, 2024  
Ohhh... I love that poem!! And I still have the A. A. Milne book from my childhood (Now We Are Six) that contains it. Since I'm a mom of two boys (both of whom had the inquisitiveness of Christopher Robin- and one actually named Christopher!) it holds a great deal of sentimentality for me. It did for my mom too as apparently, I loved sitting half way up/half way down the stairs in my childhood home. She, of course changed the pronouns etc. when she read it to me. (o:
April 24th, 2024  
@olivetreeann thank you so much for taking the time to write this! Made me smile x
April 24th, 2024  
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