Thursday, August 9, 2018

Kissed

Acrylic painting by Margaret Bednar
Kissed

Pink painted toes sink into buttercream sand,
white paint flakes from Adirondack
as ocean's sapphire sweeps my skin.

Swear I'm living within a sonnet,
a poem lovely as a first kiss.

by Margaret Bednar, August 9, 2018

This poem will be linked to a challenge in the near future but I have written it early as I will be on vacation ... Hopefully replicating a day such as this!

I wrote this early as stated above... here is the link to the challenge:  "Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - Micro Poetry - A Poem Lovely As"

The line "a poem lovely as" was our departure point from Joyce Kilmer's "Trees".
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17 comments:

  1. ✿August 9, 2018 at 2:56 PM

    Oh good heavens, this is gorgeous. I've read it three times. "Buttercream sand" is a divine phrase.

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  2. Kerry O'ConnorAugust 16, 2018 at 1:32 PM

    How nice to be living inside a poem! Love that idea.

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  3. Sherry Blue SkyAugust 16, 2018 at 1:35 PM

    This is so lovely - the painting, the beautiful poem.....enjoy every minute, living within your poem!

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  4. Anmol (HA)August 16, 2018 at 1:44 PM

    This is lovely. I really liked "buttercream sand" in particular.
    Have a fun vacation!
    -HA

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  5. Sanaa RizviAugust 16, 2018 at 2:01 PM

    That closing line stole my heart, Margaret!💞 Very beautiful this poem.. truly.. *swooon*💞

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  6. Kim M. RussellAugust 16, 2018 at 3:27 PM

    A gorgeous first-kiss-lovely poem, Margaret. I love the fine detail of:
    'white paint flakes from Adirondack
    as ocean's sapphire sweeps my skin'.

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  7. tonispencerAugust 16, 2018 at 3:53 PM

    Oh this is wonderful. Living with a sonnet with pink toenails decorating the buttercream sand. Lovely.

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  8. AnonymousAugust 16, 2018 at 6:12 PM

    a moment captured in words, and paint, but most importantly, the impression in your mind, and our minds ... and it's most delightful ... I can almost here the water shushing ...

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  9. kaykualaAugust 17, 2018 at 12:14 AM

    Swear I'm living within a sonnet,
    a poem lovely as a first kiss.

    How nice to remember those times of innocence. It was when little things mattered most with such sheer thrills!

    Hank

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  10. Rosemary Nissen-WadeAugust 17, 2018 at 12:27 AM

    Ah, and that sounds like a beautiful sonnet to live in. Enjoy!

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  11. Dr. Vandana SharmaAugust 17, 2018 at 1:41 AM

    wow! so beautiful and dreamy poem.

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  12. JimAugust 17, 2018 at 12:06 PM

    I'm glad your writer (you??) remember that first kiss. I remember a lot but not that first kiss. It may have been with my first grade girl friend, we were pretty cozy. I also like the washed up snowflakes.
    ..

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  13. Susie ClevengerAugust 17, 2018 at 12:45 PM

    Love the painting...Love the poem. What a beautiful place to be.

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  14. purplepeninportland.comAugust 17, 2018 at 8:08 PM

    This is gorgeous, Margaret. Love ocean's sapphire. Painting is wonderful!

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  15. Old EggAugust 18, 2018 at 3:11 AM

    Having lived by the sea I can agree with every word of theis beautiful poem Margaret, it is so delightful.

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  16. FireblossomAugust 18, 2018 at 8:39 PM

    I like the Adirondack chair.

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  17. Priscilla KingAugust 21, 2018 at 8:54 AM

    I wish you a vacation lovely as a first kiss!

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