limpid by Jan Stead JEMproductions
limpid: a. (Of liquid, atmosphere, eyes, literary style) pellucid, clear, not turbid; hence or cogn. ~LY _adv., ~ITY
Ok? The word popped into my head, but I was not really sure what it meant, so I looked it up in the dictionary. And now it seems sort of right, I don’t know if it is…?
I’m just a wet, soppy, liquid mess,
limp and limpid, an adjective no less
As I lie down on my moist damp bed
rest my weather beaten head
I sigh, I squelch,
don’t know what else
to do
to be
but me
I am what you see
© Jan Stead JEMproductions, 2008
Comments
liquid and clear both suit this image
Was this another stomach shot
you’ll be eating the grass soon
lol!!! No John…I would’ve got just a little too wet. Even I’m not that foolish ~ usually!
With this I merely held the camera low and flipped up the screen so I could see what I was doing, get it in focus etc.
A handy feature on my camera, particularly when I’m taking low ~ or high ~ macro shots.
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collins dictionary & thesaurus
limpid calm and peaceful
writings or style
clear or transparent
You’ve obviously been busy John! I used the Concise Oxford, but I rather prefer the Collins definition…far greater clarity!
Hopefully this word/title is even more apt now?
Thank you for all your wonderful comments and research for this shot. I’m so pleased you like it…xxxx
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Aaaahhhh …. limpid or not ……
how wonderful to see wet green grass!!!!
Gorgeous! ☼
Thanks very much…going by John’s research and feedback, I’m happy with the title now.
But I agree with you about the joy of wet green grass!!! Although the storm, driving rain and high winds which brought it were far less comfortable or safe than the steady soaking variety!..xxxx
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love green wet grass – grand shot of it, sweet Jan!!! :)))))))))
HAPPY NEW YEAR to you, my friend! :)))
xoxoxo
oh dear…:( I am so very sorry sweet Nat. I just noticed I hadn’t replied to your wonderful and very kind comment. Please accept my grovelling apologies.
oh, and HAPPY NEW (sort of still) YEAR!!! to you. I hope 2009 is a wonderful year for you in every way my friend.
I’m thrilled that you like this nearly forgotten shot which I took after arriving home from a trip away. We were so delighted to find it had rained I simply jumped out of the car…think it had stopped…with my camera and shot everything wet in our garden with enthusiasm. I love green wet grass too, but here in Australia, particularly in the country areas, we get too little. Drought is a constant companion it seems at times. And the time this shot was taken was one of them…xxxx
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wonderful green !! I absolutely love your poem !
Thank you my dear…it is/was a wonderfully vibrant green, which I simply couldn’t resist, although this photo actually languished on my computer, forgotten and ignored for ages. It was only the other day when I was looking for something different to upload that I stumbled across it and thought I’d give it a go! So thrilled also that you love the writing!…xxxx
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I looked it up : limpid ( I think it fits the photo and your writing !)
1. limpid – clear and bright; “the liquid air of a spring morning”; “eyes shining with a liquid luster”; “limpid blue eyes”
liquid
clear – allowing light to pass through; “clear water”; “clear plastic bags”; “clear glass”; “the air is clear and clean”
2. limpid – transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; “the cold crystalline water of melted snow”; “crystal clear skies”; “could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool”; “lucid air”; “a pellucid brook”; “transparent crystal”
crystal clear, pellucid, transparent, crystalline, lucid
clear – allowing light to pass through; “clear water”; “clear plastic bags”; “clear glass”; “the air is clear and clean”
3. limpid – (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; “writes in a limpid style”; “lucid directions”; “a luculent oration”- Robert Burton; “pellucid prose”; “a crystal clear explanation”; “a perspicuous argument”
lucid, luculent, perspicuous, crystal clear, pellucid
language, linguistic communication – a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; “he taught foreign languages”; “the language introduced is standard throughout the text”; “the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written”
clear – readily apparent to the mind; “a clear and present danger”; “a clear explanation”; “a clear case of murder”; “a clear indication that she was angry”; “gave us a clear idea of human nature”
WOW!!!!!
What a lot of time and trouble you have gone to to search out meanings and answer my question!!!
I am humbled, stunned, amazed and very, very flattered.
Thank you so much for such incredible affirmation and support Shaneran!!!…xxxx
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oh I forgot ! congratulations on your feature in GREEN !!!
OH thank you…again…I was totally overwhelmed when I noticed it and actually wrote to one of the mods expressing my thanks.
And thank you for noticing!…xxxx
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Congratulations on earning you a Feature in Green, and WoW! This is BEAUTIFUL!
I know, isn’t it incredible??? I never cease to be amazed when I find I or one of my works have/has been featured ,but almost never ‘announce’ it…cos it feels like bragging or boasting and fishing for compliments…I just can’t do it.
Only done it a few times when I was either innundated all at once and so totally gobsmacked and excited that I couldn’t contain my enthusiasm.
I am so thrilled that you like this Dayonda….xxxx
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nice