Friday, December 4, 2015

"The Sideshow"


The Sideshow

I admire ballet hands:
relaxed, fluid, elongated -
adore Brunnhilde & Pavlova

yet my soprano & plies
provoke laughter;
arias & satin slippers, "curiosity".

This evening
a woman praised my elegant hands
and I didn't feel fat.

by Margaret Bednar, December 4, 2015

This is for "Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - Words Count with Mama Zen"  I selected from one of the images provided and kept it under a 60 word count.

I've been traveling visiting my son in NYC over Thanksgiving (all 6 children together = a happy mother) and moving part of our family to the North Carolina mountains - we will all join up after school ends in June.  I've missed posting to the poetry challenges - and am glad to spend a bit of time tonight playing along.
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16 comments:

  1. Susie ClevengerDecember 4, 2015 at 1:51 AM

    I love your ending. What a blessing we give when we share kind words.

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  2. EllaDecember 4, 2015 at 7:22 AM

    I, too love your ending! This reminds me to share more kind thoughts-thank you!

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  3. brudbergDecember 4, 2015 at 7:46 AM

    Oh yes.. the hands.. fascinating, I come to think of Indonesia... where hand and eye movements are the most important. But I do love the compliment in that last stanza

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  4. HelenDecember 4, 2015 at 10:43 AM

    Margaret, hands do tell a story ... I imagine her feet are equally pretty!

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  5. Carol CampbellDecember 4, 2015 at 10:48 AM

    A large woman will take all she can get of praise. You have written well about that desperation!

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  6. ✿December 4, 2015 at 10:54 AM

    This is my favorite response to the prompt. Beautiful and deeply felt.

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  7. AngieDecember 4, 2015 at 11:47 AM

    Beautiful hands. Beautiful soul.

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  8. Maude LynnDecember 4, 2015 at 12:04 PM

    This almost made me cry, Margaret!

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  9. Jennifer WagnerDecember 4, 2015 at 1:16 PM

    A simple kindness can mean so much. In few words you tell an important story. Wow. Almost made me cry, too.

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  10. Kerry O'ConnorDecember 4, 2015 at 2:08 PM

    I love your humanistic approach.

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  11. FireblossomDecember 4, 2015 at 3:24 PM

    Throwaway lines are sometimes solid gold.

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  12. kaykualaDecember 4, 2015 at 9:05 PM

    Goodness of the legs to be admired from afar but an elegant pair of hands should be within striking distance. Nice quality time being with d family during Thanksgiving, Marge!

    Hank

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  13. Bastet's Waka LibraryDecember 5, 2015 at 5:30 AM

    Lovely moving poem .. well done on the prompt.

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  14. OutlawyerDecember 5, 2015 at 8:34 AM

    Super sweet, Margaret--a wonderful shift in emphasis from beginning to end. Hope you enjoyed NYC> k.

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  15. Sherry Blue SkyDecember 5, 2015 at 12:34 PM

    I LOVE this!

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  16. grapelingDecember 6, 2015 at 3:13 AM

    deeply human ~

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