Friday, July 19, 2013

IGWRT's Artistic Interpretations & Friday Flash 55 "Southern Belles don't Sweat"


Southern Belles don't Sweat

As magnolia trees blossom
porch-side, we settle
beneath alabaster blooms,
complexions glistening,
subtly catch ourselves
a few beaus.

Creamy vanilla scent
draws them like flies,
skirt hems delicately lift,
careful chaste ankles
never be cause
for undue attention.

'Course, Mama's rules
are made to be broken,
especially when sweet sixteen
has come and gone...

by Margaret Bednar, July 19, 2013

 Over at Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, I am hosting "Artistic Interpretations".  Please swing by and see my photographs. If one inspires you, I invite you to join the fun and write a summer poem!

This is also for Friday Flash 55.  Another wildly fun weekly prompt.  
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26 comments:

  1. HelenJuly 19, 2013 at 10:08 AM

    My dear Margaret .. AND you told Galen you didn't know what the word
    'poontang' meant. Delightful poem..

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  2. MargaretJuly 19, 2013 at 10:21 AM

    Helen - now that I do, perhaps that should have been the title!

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  3. hedgewitchJuly 19, 2013 at 11:10 AM

    Laughing at Helen's comment. Tis the season to glisten, wherever you are.

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  4. Kerry O'ConnorJuly 19, 2013 at 11:29 AM

    How beautifully delicate this is! Thank you for a wonderful prompt, Margaret.

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  5. Brian MillerJuly 19, 2013 at 11:41 AM

    oh my...sounds like some glistening might be happening in the near future...

    ha.

    think in this day and age sixteen might be a little old, sadly...

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  6. TexWisGirlJuly 19, 2013 at 11:52 AM

    sweet and seductive. :)

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  7. Vandana SharmaJuly 19, 2013 at 12:38 PM

    cream vanilla scent....good one

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  8. Sherry Blue SkyJuly 19, 2013 at 12:39 PM

    Lovely glimpse of southern belles on their wrap around porches.......

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  9. MaryJuly 19, 2013 at 12:58 PM

    This made me smile...the idea of Southern belles not sweating but 'glistening."

    Your poem made me a bit thankful to live in the 'sweaty' North! LOL.

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  10. Maude LynnJuly 19, 2013 at 3:05 PM

    `That's the great thing about being a Southern lady; you can get away with a lot once you reach a certain age!

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  11. GraceJuly 19, 2013 at 3:07 PM

    What a gorgeous picture and words to savor delicate as vanilla ~

    Smiles from BC ~

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  12. Other MaryJuly 19, 2013 at 3:37 PM

    Lovely Margaret. I'm obviously not a southern belle, as this weather makes me 'glisten' like a horse!

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  13. DulceJuly 19, 2013 at 3:46 PM

    I can smell your words...
    Sweet sixteens
    hmmmm
    :-)
    Nicely done.

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  14. izzyJuly 19, 2013 at 5:06 PM

    Glistening indeed! Whew- and I also love that barest ankle showing- thanks!

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  15. TALONJuly 19, 2013 at 6:21 PM

    This made me smile, Margaret. My mother always said that "ladies glisten -- they don't sweat". She obviously never saw me in my kick-boxing class! :)

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  16. Kay L. DaviesJuly 19, 2013 at 6:42 PM

    Beautiful.
    I'm envious. I don't glisten, I melt.
    K

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  17. PeggyJuly 19, 2013 at 7:48 PM

    Lovely summer scene. I love the smell of magnolias but do not find it often here in S Calif. Good prompt. Thanks.

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  18. g-manJuly 19, 2013 at 8:20 PM

    Talon Kick Boxing?
    Now I'm glistening!!

    Margaret Bednar...
    Now I see why you have 8 kids...:-)
    Still waters run deep with you methinks
    Loved your multi-prompt 55
    Thanks for being the classiest chick I know
    Thanks for all you do to support and encourage
    Sometimes you leave me speachless
    Have a Kick Ass Week End
    G

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  19. Susie ClevengerJuly 19, 2013 at 9:48 PM

    Love this poem of southern charm and a hint of temptation. :)

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  20. SusanJuly 20, 2013 at 11:56 AM

    When one of the rules is don't sweat, impossibility suggests other breakages as well! Fun.

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  21. humbirdJuly 20, 2013 at 12:39 PM

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  22. humbirdJuly 20, 2013 at 12:42 PM

    So playful, flirting poem, nicely done and plus this amazing magnolias...thanks, Margaret

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  23. Jennifer WagnerJuly 20, 2013 at 4:01 PM

    I pictured Scarlett on the porch with the Tarleton twins! A fun piece Margaret! lol @ Kay's comment :-)

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  24. kaykualaJuly 20, 2013 at 10:50 PM

    Glistening yes! As ladies do! Like the magnolias. Apparently it's an official flower for some states. Nicely Marge!

    Hank

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  25. UnknownJuly 21, 2013 at 5:41 AM

    Very pretty poem!
    Fortunately I am a Western hick and not a Southern belle, because I sweat buckets!

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  26. TruedessaJuly 21, 2013 at 4:11 PM

    I really enjoyed the prompt and pictures. Creamy vanilla scent..brings a smile as that scent is delicious...

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