Painted in light. Exposed by movement.
Hand held, relinquishing its source.
I — more than image — laugher’s captured secret
Yours — caught in frame. Time’s ultimate resource.
In nightfall brushed onto your darkened pallet,
Seduced by skyscapes I am bathed in light —
The huntress carrying with pride her sallet
In patterned choreography for you I’m dight.
The sound of the shutter falling.
In lemon gold, illuminated from within
Antithesis. Desire stalling —
A momentary doubt sketched therein.
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Beautifully written. This poem shows that you truly understand the ins and outs of the creative process. Keep letting the seeds germinate, and one day you will live in a beautiful garden.
Beautifully put, kbeezyisviral. Thank you.
That is so astonishingly beautiful a real pleasure to read.
Thank you, Richard. I don’t know what to say. It means a lot.
You’re welcome
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I sometimes have to read things backwards, hoping that the reference will give me a clue to the meaning of the word. Like: ‘Dight’ Funny though. ‘Anti-thesis. Desire stalling-‘ I got that part right away! Your level of passion is almost beyond belief!
Dight is an old-fashioned word for clothed. As for passion… guilty as charged 🙂
you think beautifully 🙂
Thank you 🙂
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Wonderfully evocative, and I really like the question posed at the end – equally true of writing too, I believe – have we captured what we really intended to?
Thank you, Chris. It is a question, isn’t it? I often find that what I intend to capture and what I captured are oftentimes distinct.
Beautiful, but I still have to get out the dictionary. Pass me some of your brain with some of your vast vocabulary. Or I should start reading more?
I am an avid reader, Charly, so I can’t help it. Words find a home with me and will not let it go 🙂
Reading right now “The book of secrets” by Elisabeth Joy Arnold.
According to the New York times is “trascendent ..a beautiful and haunting ode to the power of words and how they shape our lives”
Maybe it gets me somewhere with time.
That sounds wonderful, Charly.
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Evocative.
Had not heard of a “sallet” before. Paints quite the picture, haha.
The KaDoh! Institute is staffed by #Krew Men Without Hats. 😉
Men without hats, you say? Like Amazons without sallets 😉
Quite so. How’s Monte Carlo?
Cleaning them out at the tables I assume! 😉
Monte Carlo.. bathed in light I imagine 😉
Or champagne. Not really sure yet, as I make it up as I go along… haha…
Ain’t no storyboarding going on here… LoL.. 😉
It is odd to find a military helmet I am not familiar with.
When I was hurt I volunteer moderated at a website dedicated to modding the Total War Series. They had over 300,000 members, the biggest fan website for that game.
It’s a british company that publishes it, haha.
http://www.totalwar.com/en_us/
And you’d be surprised how doctoral candidates who like modding a historical game about Rome can troll each other about inaccurate historical references and representation in game of Vercingotorix’s helmet being inaccurately modeled in game…
Truly astonishing display of geek power. haha.
And I had to know what was trolling and what was not…
🙂
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That’s one of the worst sentences I have ever written….
“And you’d be surprised how doctoral candidates who like modding a historical game about Rome can troll each other about inaccurate historical references and representation in game of Vercingotorix’s helmet being inaccurately modeled in game…”
Basically smart geeks can troll other geeks hard while appearing quite innocent, haha.
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