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Painted Bodies
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Painted Bodies


They paint their bodies
for Mardi Gras
now that I can admire


The beauty of words
I’d wondered why
my muse was nude


Her body painted too
had nothing to do with ink
smearing, running


She whispered grinning
You fool
get out your brushes
and stroke the colors
Therein lies the words


The curves rhyme
free form you choose
Brush your emotions


You’ve nothing to lose


She smiled demurely
the painted muse
carried her body of words
upon her curves and colors
I could now admire


I never wondered again
why my muse was nude


©Dale Clark


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 Reviews of "Painted Bodies"
Reviewed by A PAX
Reviewed on May 21, 2006
lol
very good
you are the designer!
pax A

Reviewed by Susan de Vegter
Reviewed on May 21, 2006
The muse is always changing her dress. This is, indeed...your inspiration for this verse.
I admire your indight.
Susan

Reviewed by Marie Wadsworth
Reviewed on May 20, 2006
Nice. I like the artistic flavorings, the tie to the visual arts. That and I think you have a dirty mind. Smiles.
But they say a dirty mind is a horrible thing to waste.
Write on!

Reviewed by Aberjhani
Reviewed on May 19, 2006
What a muse! What a beautifully naked and colorfully splendid write!
Aberjhani

Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on May 18, 2006
Such a creative metaphorical offering, Dale. Thank you for sharing this gift. Love and peace to you,

Regis

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on May 18, 2006
LOL at Joseph.........thanks for sharing yours :)!!

Love Tinky

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on May 17, 2006
your colorful expression of a nude muse adds life upon the mind's eye ...

Reviewed by Joseph* OneLight*® (Reader)
Reviewed on May 17, 2006
My Muse is nude too. No wonder I get so excited about writing!

Love & Light,
Joseph

Reviewed by Sage Sweetwater
Reviewed on May 17, 2006
Cultivates the spirit of the party muse communicating with devotion to the written word with an open mind. Leaves me fantasizing about body postures, sitting in the lotus position, dipping the brush in the palette of colors! Great exploratory write, Dale! I'll go there!

Sage

Reviewed by Silvia Hartmann
Reviewed on May 17, 2006
Ah that is very neat! But the good thing with muses is they can take a shower and you get to start over :-)

Now that's really set me off! Where's that muse of mine? And where's the spray paint and the brushes?!

Excellent!

SFx

Reviewed by Kate Burnside
Reviewed on May 16, 2006
... rude, nude or Jude...??!!! Have to adjust my specs after a couple of glasses of wine... This has all the energy and calypso of Samba and selebration, Dale, and I, too, am mesmerised by painted figures that ebb, flow and who write words with their colourful sinuousness that make the blood burn, the brain frazzle and the eyes cross. Do you think my Artist and Model might go to South America one day...?? Or to New New Orleans... or even Notting Hill in London for that matter... Hmmm now you have me inspired! :))

Reviewed by Peter Paton
Reviewed on May 16, 2006
Dale
You got it all your own way
Masterly and graphic write
Peter

Reviewed by Missy Cross (Reader)
Reviewed on May 16, 2006
o this is just vivid, and I love the way it dances, and you've given your muse a masterful wardrobe.

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on May 16, 2006
How wise your muse is to let you paint her as you desire!;-)
Creative and lovely poem Dale!

eT


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