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| "The Lovers' Boat" Albert Pinkham Ryder 1881 |
Beneath a fading red sky you taught me to blush,
made poetry come alive.
I returned the favor. Sent you home
with my sighs in your pocket.
by Margaret Bednar.
This is for "Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - Play it Again #13" The archived challenge I chose was Mama Zen's Words Count - Twitter poetry - 140 characters or less.
My poem is exactly 140 (with no title). The image is one I took at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington D.C. I do not remember if "The Lovers' Boat" is really this red - I may have had my flash on which is unusual of me - but either way, I used it as inspiration for my poem.
"sighs in your pocket" love that!
ReplyDeleteSighs in my pocket.. that works so well.
ReplyDeletethat's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThis is a new favorite of mine, Margaret. Flawless.
ReplyDeleteVery lovely! We had a morning red sky in the east on Saturday which they say Sailors beware, and usually can bring us bad weather too, but hooray it missed us!
ReplyDeleteSighs in your pocket, perfect Margaret ~ Thanks for the lovely challenge ~
ReplyDeleteI love it all!
ReplyDeleteI love your poem. It communicates in a few brief words feelings that we cannot describe in a lifetime.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice day.
Please don't send me home,
ReplyDeleteI love your blush, it comes from your toes up
You learned, never ever could happen
down on the farm
Please may I stay
(140 words, characters, and spaces)
(I love it. I used to blush, maybe I still do.)
Oh yes, we are home now, Monday. The cruise was nice. Then we stayed Sunday until Monday morning at our kids and grand-daughter, KP.
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So wonderfully captures the brush of love's first flush.
ReplyDeleteSighs in your pockets...oh, the innocence.
ReplyDeleteLove this!! Playful and erotic! :)
ReplyDeleteYou made the most of your 140 - this is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteNice. This is the picture I would've picked if I'd gotten around to writing something for the prompt.
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