Gunnar's poem for Eric, my brother (Poetry) - 6/5/2020 7:46:01 PM
Glad I came across this tribute.
Eric was a delightful man who loved his sister.
His dreams were for his sister to be happy - he was happy when he saw her laughing and happy.
Far too young to die - Eric gave much and still had much to give.
I have fond memories of talks we had in private, as well as us Kinda cheating at board games. But at least we won.
Eric is forever in my heart.
Sweetest (Poetry) - 10/13/2011 1:18:17 AM
Beautiful!
The Writer (Poetry) - 10/13/2011 1:14:47 AM
I love the way you write,this poem was easy to swallow and I am hungry for more of your poetry.
Best wishes
from
Kay
More (Poetry) - 10/13/2011 1:09:05 AM
A really powerful poem,I loved it.
Amour d'Automne (Poetry) - 10/2/2011 11:04:30 PM
Gorgeous ink and you both blend your skills like a good peanut butter and Jam sandwich~ Loved this and I am glad you found me here, i hope we can connect!
The Fish Seller (Poetry) - 9/28/2011 4:30:03 PM
never described as an art or craft for that matter -- good fishmongers are worth far more than a casual nod to their existence -- I like how you have chosen to compare the diversity of wealth here - I bid you love and peace my dear friend -- Jon Michael
Kitchen Shelf (Poetry) - 9/18/2011 12:18:02 PM
from an old song that I am partial to, the lyrics proclaim, "said we'd grow old together.....what ever happened to forever" -- that seems so appropriate to the theme of your probing, sad poem Michelle -- there is much depth and contemplation written here -- I bid you love and peace my dear friend -- Jon Michael
The Fish Seller (Poetry) - 9/18/2011 11:30:18 AM
The fishmonger's life is a hard one, but necessary whatever the land meets the sea. Often painted, the scene is captured beautifully by your words. Thanks for sharing.
Ron
The Fish Seller (Poetry) - 9/12/2011 4:22:02 PM
Two worlds described in this vignette. Very nice last stanza, I particularly like the "death that brings their life".
Axilea
An Instant (Poetry) - 9/10/2011 10:10:21 PM
very beautiful. you have a easy way with words, ideas and developing pictures for the mind.
jch
The Fish Seller (Poetry) - 9/8/2011 12:44:04 PM
Very poignant juxtapose of comparisons, beautifully amplified in such a striking. thoughtful and philosophical conclusion. xx
The Fish Seller (Poetry) - 9/6/2011 4:43:55 AM
Lovely story, Michelle!
Anna
The Fish Seller (Poetry) - 9/6/2011 3:17:40 AM
I loved the Fish Seller. You really take the reader into the poem with you. Thanks so much for the visit. Kim.
The Fish Seller (Poetry) - 9/5/2011 6:08:10 PM
Another beauty Michelle.
Janna
The Fish Seller (Poetry) - 9/4/2011 7:49:07 AM
Stellar
You know how to take a picture
And sprinkle it with star dust
db
The Fish Seller (Poetry) - 9/4/2011 6:33:21 AM
Michelle,
You tell the work of a fisherman with analogy of a beautiful woman so well. Great poem.
Mary
The Fish Seller (Poetry) - 9/4/2011 6:09:40 AM
excellent imagery ...
The Fish Seller (Poetry) - 9/3/2011 6:47:02 AM
Another fine poetic projection, Michelle,
as once again you let your mind, or it lets you,
go beyond the canvas to a highly personal
and intimate understanding.
John
The Fish Seller (Poetry) - 9/3/2011 3:14:53 AM
Hard work pays of, they say the money is clean and we all eat it. Great write Michelle.
Newfie Hugs, Rose
Key to the Sea (Poetry) - 8/31/2011 8:07:44 PM
...he captured in his bottle midnight's strange tranquility. Oh if were so.
Janna
More (Poetry) - 8/29/2011 3:20:54 PM
I sense a balance between too little love and too much, and love and loathing. A beautifully illustrated and nicely balanced little poem of the treachery of love
Ron
More (Poetry) - 8/23/2011 8:03:10 PM
A spelended romatic piece of two that share the intimate bliss of life and love...
Be always safe,
Karen
Notoriety (Poetry) - 8/23/2011 4:38:51 AM
for want of sensual pleasure we seek to escape any attendant unpleasantness, notoriety -- the fog, our human created veil in which we seek the escape -- the last line sums the emotion perfectly, "on a whim borne of a fog's bequest" -- a rewarding read to test our psyches with Michelle -- I bid you love and peace my dear friend -- Jon Michael
More (Poetry) - 8/22/2011 4:04:03 AM
Oh my! Your poetry always leaves me breathless....this is enchanting, Michelle! Love your writing!
Hugs,
Anna
Herds (Poetry) - 8/21/2011 3:13:57 PM
A fantastic philosophical view of a starkly beautiful work of art.
Ron
More (Poetry) - 8/20/2011 9:17:17 AM
Such a beautiful expressed, and heartfelt lament, but one which carries with it a sense of healing, and great language. I see movement here.
Sensuality (Poetry) - 8/20/2011 5:39:53 AM
Desires left unexplored and regret the attendant guarding the gates of satisfaction and pleasure. Your take on this is novel and refreshing Michelle. I bid you enough joy to sate your heart and soul with everlasting peace my dear friend. Jon Michael
More (Poetry) - 8/19/2011 8:59:17 PM
Left me wanting. . . . . . . . .
Superb!!!
db
More (Poetry) - 8/19/2011 1:21:12 PM
Astitute writing with a real fine art.
GOD BLESS YOU
Tony
More (Poetry) - 8/19/2011 12:32:55 AM
What breaks down the walls is passion -
passion in bed, on paper, on canvas,
wherever we endeavour; love your words
here, Michelle, and the three cherries are
splendid.
John
More (Poetry) - 8/18/2011 8:13:47 PM
For hours on that beauty two lovers were fed. I love that line and the questions you pose.
Roses Cry (Poetry) - 8/18/2011 1:26:52 PM
A STRONG DRAMATIC WORK, WITH VIVID IMAGERY THAT DEPICTS THE PAIN AND RESOLVE THAT AN EMPTY, BROKEN HEART ENDURES AND VERY FEW...SEE. WELL DONE AND SO ENJOYED! THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS & FAITH...
JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
Roses Cry (Poetry) - 8/16/2011 1:19:28 PM
A unique perspective painted with deft poetic strokes, Michelle. I often think that a fading rose's deportment is reminiscent of "the dying swan" in ballet. Beauty even amidst the pain. xx
The Writer (Poetry) - 8/16/2011 4:04:06 AM
This was amazing!!!!! LOVED your beautifully crafted phrases!!!!! Awesome poetry, Michelle. One of your BEST!
Hugs,
Anna
Roses Cry (Poetry) - 8/16/2011 2:53:04 AM
You have painted a picture in my mind which makes me feel like I'm looking at the picture.
Roses Cry (Poetry) - 8/16/2011 1:09:56 AM
I would of liked to see the painting with this and get both sides of the story... yet you say lots already within the lines... Thanks for sharing...
Roses Cry (Poetry) - 8/15/2011 9:39:34 PM
The vivid imagery awakens emotions and thoughts as I read, Michelle. Thank you for sharing. Love and best wishes,
Regis
Roses Cry (Poetry) - 8/15/2011 8:37:20 PM
Your words flow fluently through a maze of meloncholy with an intimate connection...
Be always safe,
Karen
The Writer (Poetry) - 8/15/2011 7:55:34 PM
because she wanted him like vanilla ice cream on a hot day,
I like this line. It is so descriptive. Laurel
The Writer (Poetry) - 8/15/2011 6:27:57 PM
Michelle Mead’s Paint by Words. Outstanding!
The Writer (Poetry) - 8/15/2011 6:24:20 PM
Michelle,
Loved this. Sometimes tongues get tangled up, but writing is so much more expressive, and you won't choke on your words, maybe just make a typo.
Mary
The Writer (Poetry) - 8/15/2011 3:40:38 PM
"...and the pen was such an asshole about the whole thing"
stands out because it jolts the reader into full awareness
of the trials of process and transmitting.
Laced with romance and love in a special way, Michelle.
John
The Writer (Poetry) - 8/15/2011 2:12:10 PM
Mead, this be the honey for my mead! I'll sip it to savor the taste of lips not yet introduced. "written for the fragility of the minds of men, feather-light and prone to drifting" is nasty with tongue-in-cheek right sized humor. I bid you love and peace my dear friend. Jon Michael
Kitchen Shelf (Poetry) - 8/15/2011 10:22:19 AM
Loved this.....intriguing phrasing!
Anna
Kitchen Shelf (Poetry) - 8/15/2011 8:46:04 AM
Interesting, how the items on a dusty shelf can evoke memories of a failed romance. The emotion comes through the description of particulars in the kitchen of the past.
Ron
The Writer (Poetry) - 8/15/2011 8:41:07 AM
“She wanted him like vanilla ice cream.” Now that's a great line. Sounds like the eyes are bigger than the stomach. She wanted him so badly from afar, but when she got a taste, she didn't like it.
Sounds like life.
Ron
The Writer (Poetry) - 8/15/2011 8:11:40 AM
Well, nothing can surpass the deeply felt written word.
The Writer (Poetry) - 8/15/2011 7:33:29 AM
This is awesome, Michelle, I think is just perfect, with affectionate humor and elegantly woven wit!
Blessings,
Christine
The Writer (Poetry) - 8/15/2011 5:20:52 AM
Excellent; A painting in words that entice and thrill. This was written beautifully.
Allen
Kitchen Shelf (Poetry) - 8/14/2011 11:42:19 AM
Sad poem, but so distinctly expressed. It truly tells a tale of ruin and regret.
Connie
Summer's End (Poetry) - 8/14/2011 9:38:51 AM
I have a "thing" for summer but, fall too has completely captured my heart .... I love the serenity in this poem. Morgan
London After Midnight (Poetry) - 8/14/2011 9:33:36 AM
I like this poem with the painting alot. I saw a special on Jack the ripper and it was believed the killer could have been a Dr. but, apparently there was a famous painter at the time who painted scenes from the murders that were incredibly accurate......great poem! Morgan
Kitchen Shelf (Poetry) - 8/14/2011 9:31:04 AM
I don't believe you needed the painting - your rich expressions more than suffice.
Kitchen Shelf (Poetry) - 8/14/2011 8:14:50 AM
A very expressive piece, Michelle. Your use of some details (mug, full or red, apples or cherries, cracks in the wall, chipped paint) adds a specific texture to this poem.
Axilea
Kitchen Shelf (Poetry) - 8/14/2011 1:49:47 AM
beautiful...nice, enjoyed it ..
Herds (Poetry) - 8/13/2011 7:18:24 AM
Just saw this. Incredible piece. Memorable lines like "clinging web..." and "earth's oem betterment..."
Great piece.
Summer's End (Poetry) - 8/13/2011 6:00:17 AM
Michell, I am the child that would have summer in perpetuity. Love is never more overt than in summer. Life teems in summer like no other season. It is the season of joyous souls and exploration blooms with each flower and new birth. In summer the earth lives like no other season. As lovely as your poem is, summers end brings for me only the prospect of fall's artistic flourish and then the cold brown of earth in repose. I bid you love and peace my dear friend. Jon Michael
Herds (Poetry) - 8/12/2011 7:45:26 AM
Beautifully, philosophically and artfully done!
Blessings,
Christine
Herds (Poetry) - 8/11/2011 6:34:08 PM
It always looks better from afar doesn't it. Thank you much Michelle for sharing your talent.
Janna
Herds (Poetry) - 8/11/2011 2:03:25 PM
Michelle, human nature always insists that wherever we are, a vastly different environ is the utopia we seek. It is only when we realize utopia is always alive in our own psychic that we change our perspective and reassert our efforts to look no further for the ultimate satisfaction. Great Poem my dear friend. I bid you love and peace. Jon Michael
Herds (Poetry) - 8/11/2011 7:42:10 AM
very cool write!
Herds (Poetry) - 8/11/2011 6:42:37 AM
'to teach the visiting rats in the city’s daily race' ouch! A bit hard on us city slickers.
Donna
Herds (Poetry) - 8/11/2011 4:16:17 AM
This is breathtaking poetry, Michelle! You are so very gifted!
Hugs,
Anna
Herds (Poetry) - 8/10/2011 10:11:30 PM
Well illustrated... I like how we as writers get inspired by others work and in turn create the same in our words... I guess like a quote from Leonardo Di Vinci... Painters paint to describe, we as writers paint with words... something to that extent... Thanks for sharing both...
Notoriety (Poetry) - 8/10/2011 3:37:01 PM
We find ourselves, and others, in different moods
and settings, on different occasions...
and whether in fog or clear we try to make sense of it all
and of ourselves and them.
Michelle, you push well beyond the boundaries
Whistler deliberately sets here.
John
Notoriety (Poetry) - 8/10/2011 1:58:53 PM
As ususal Michelle, a great write.
Newfie Hugs, Rose
Notoriety (Poetry) - 8/10/2011 12:38:56 PM
Dear Michelle, You could not understand my French. I had the pleasure reading your poem as I learn something new every time. Keep writing, that's what I need. Love Emile
Summer's End (Poetry) - 8/10/2011 7:45:11 AM
The weaving of your words form a perfect tapestry of summers end. The last two lines are captivating and artistically written; beautifully portrayed by your talented poetry. I would rate this a ten plus!
Joy L. Hale
Notoriety (Poetry) - 8/10/2011 6:36:54 AM
I think you're amazing. One superb poem after another.
Only the best from you!!
Notoriety (Poetry) - 8/10/2011 6:31:54 AM
Awesome write, Michelle! Your clever choice of words never ceases to amaze and delight my senses! Very well done!
Hugs,
Anna
Notoriety (Poetry) - 8/10/2011 6:26:11 AM
You have successfully wrested sensual delight from the night's foggy gloom. Wonderful.
Ron
Mountainside (Poetry) - 8/9/2011 7:01:15 PM
I looked for red mud on my feet. Thank you for the psychological stroll.
janna
Mountainside (Poetry) - 8/9/2011 2:50:43 PM
I love mountains, and your poem makes me want to get out and start hiking. Well done.
Alan
Mountainside (Poetry) - 8/9/2011 7:42:40 AM
Like the painting, Michelle.
Love the way you paint with words.
Love John's review.
-gene.
Mountainside (Poetry) - 8/9/2011 7:41:01 AM
From down and gritty to outward to the stars, love covers a landscape of a good life. So beautiful the way you describe love. The painting is fabulous. I'm afraid to go check to see what it costs because I would love to have it.
Ron
Mountainside (Poetry) - 8/9/2011 4:56:19 AM
This is one of those 'gorgeous' poems, Michelle,
not 'gorgeous' superficially but gorgeous richly,
profoundly, profoundly enough to genuinely stir the heart.
Yes!
John
Mountainside (Poetry) - 8/9/2011 4:17:11 AM
Your phrasing is captivating, Michelle....absolute gems!
Anna
Mountainside (Poetry) - 8/9/2011 3:48:45 AM
Beautiful (As usual)
3rd stanza my favorite.
Mountainside (Poetry) - 8/9/2011 2:58:04 AM
Thanks, Michelle for bringing that painting from the page and place it in the heart.
Mountainside (Poetry) - 8/8/2011 10:19:06 PM
A dedication to the likes of a beloved soul mate, Michelle. The simplicity here grabs at one's heart and tugs at self-reassurance. You do these so very well. What you see in a painting comes out in words of poetry so beautiful. Your "mind's eye" is keenly aware of life's emotions and the valuable connections you render to us, your readers through this style is advanced beyond this plane of life. What I always see in your poetry is ethereal and generative of heavenly hues. The last stanza is stellar! Blessed Be.
Love,
Sage
Mountainside (Poetry) - 8/8/2011 9:02:19 PM
Dear Michelle, It is nice seeing you again and always to discover a new painting and a new poem.I like this painting in particular. It reminds me of my home town where I played in the wheat fields. Thank you for sharing, love Emile.
Sweetest (Poetry) - 8/8/2011 4:04:22 PM
And fun it was! Thanks for this uplifting jaunt, Michelle!
Anna
Sensuality (Poetry) - 8/8/2011 1:09:23 PM
Full of rich romanticism and a bit of the macabre.
Rod
Sweetest (Poetry) - 8/8/2011 1:05:53 PM
Certainly not rocket science, but it has a classical ring to it at warms my heart.
Ron
Sensuality (Poetry) - 8/8/2011 12:16:19 PM
Wow! Beautifully penned, Michelle! You excel at these!
Anna
Restless Moments (Poetry) - 8/8/2011 9:46:05 AM
Michelle, this reminds me of my pastor's children sermon..about how wearing a cross around our neck, or the right clothing on the outside does not necessarily make one a Christian. Only being right on the inside can do that! Again, so well done! Blessings...Frances
Sweetest (Poetry) - 8/8/2011 9:43:15 AM
Michelle, This is refreshing and beautifully written! Blessings...Frances
London After Midnight (Poetry) - 8/8/2011 8:26:33 AM
Kinda cReEpY. Love it, especially the last stanza.
Janna
Sweetest (Poetry) - 8/8/2011 6:30:52 AM
Magically Romantic
Seasonally refreshing
Reading your poetry always a blessing.
Sweetest (Poetry) - 8/8/2011 5:03:39 AM
Beautifully expressed, Michelle! Blessed youth, why gone so soon???
Peace and Blessings,
Carolyn
Sweetest (Poetry) - 8/7/2011 8:53:37 PM
Fun indeed! Yes, it faintly reminds me of youthful interactions. Oh, to be young again. Thanks again, for introducing me to the breath taking world of Salvador Caballero. Thanks also for giving me something to dream about! ~~~ God Bless, Just Jim
Sensuality (Poetry) - 8/7/2011 7:37:21 PM
Such a romantic, often bitter sweet saga in just a few lines. Terrific.
"Madness from desire leaving actions bound and gagged.
Doesn't get much better than that.
Sensuality (Poetry) - 8/7/2011 8:07:22 AM
Hauntingly familiar
Excellent
Sensuality (Poetry) - 8/6/2011 8:46:11 PM
To me this portrays an intense struggle between desire and indecision. In any case, it is beautifully described. Blessings, Just Jim
Sensuality (Poetry) - 8/6/2011 8:16:42 PM
Lovely and compelling verses, Michelle. Thank you for sharing your gifts. Love and best wishes,
Regis
London After Midnight (Poetry) - 8/5/2011 5:03:20 PM
Michelle, Ron Hull's review captures my sense of your poem and my views of the terror that is surely more pervasive in today's societies than ever before. It is an intensely worrisome scenario. I love your work. I bid you love and peace my dear friend. Jon Michael
Summer's End (Poetry) - 8/3/2011 4:48:19 PM
Serenity is in the composition, the balance, the rhythm and the sounds of this poem. Love the second stanza, Michelle.
Axilea
Summer's End (Poetry) - 8/2/2011 8:49:29 AM
"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures". ~Henry Ward Beecher. That is exactly what you do with your pen, Michelle! I cannot say it better. Many thanks for the link to Salvador Caballero's breathtaking paintings! Blessings.Just Jim
Summer's End (Poetry) - 8/2/2011 6:39:37 AM
Ah, the serenity of a summer sunset. If the world can only be at peace like magic times like these, captured by the painter's brush in the poet's pen. Simply lovely.
Ron
Summer's End (Poetry) - 7/28/2011 8:59:11 AM
You have given me a moment of shade during the heat of summer.
Summer's End (Poetry) - 7/26/2011 5:54:27 AM
Oh Michelle, this is so beautiful! Annabel said it ... breathtaking! I love this piece, and I, too, love the autumn and can not wait. So beautiful! ~Hugs, Elizabeth
Summer's End (Poetry) - 7/26/2011 3:23:30 AM
Breathtaking!!!!! And the painting is beautiful too.....bravo, Michelle!!!
Anna
London After Midnight (Poetry) - 7/25/2011 3:18:57 AM
And you captured it to perfection!!!!! Bravo, Michelle!
Anna
Just Kissed (Poetry) - 7/25/2011 3:12:47 AM
Passion ascending in this one, Michelle! Loved your phrasing!
Anna
London After Midnight (Poetry) - 7/23/2011 7:23:32 AM
We can wax nostalgic now about the senseless killing of ladies of the night in London a long time ago. So many seem attracted to depravity in literature. I find myself putting it in my novels just to get reader attention. We never seem to learn from these dark tales. I recently saw the movie about, “Finding the Green River Killer,” and was shocked to find out that he killed 87 prostitutes and went undetected for over 20 years, only found by recently developed DNA evidence process. They are still among us–and killing.
Ron
London After Midnight (Poetry) - 7/23/2011 6:08:28 AM
Hi Michelle!
No matter the serenity evil always lurks, waiting like "Dracula" to strike at the unsuspecting when darkness comes. How important it is to be wearing the "armour" of God!
Superb interpretation of the photo and it's foggy sky.
Hugs,
Lena
London After Midnight (Poetry) - 7/23/2011 2:53:57 AM
Oh I love this Michelle! The eerie feeling flows from each line. Perfectly written to your theme. I'm a London-lover (complete Anglophile lol) so this was most enjoyable! Love the painting as well! ~Hugs, Elizabeth
London After Midnight (Poetry) - 7/22/2011 11:04:43 PM
Another superb poem.
One right after another.
London After Midnight (Poetry) - 7/22/2011 9:49:22 PM
Darkly captured, brilliantly penned ... my favorite line: 'London hid at night with knife in hand.' WOW.
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
London After Midnight (Poetry) - 7/22/2011 9:35:17 PM
The painting has a lot of detail. Your poem has some good imagery - Big Ben buries a stifled scream with its chiming heart -
I'm sorry about your illness. It must test you at times. thank you for reading my poem, Salt.
Just Kissed (Poetry) - 7/22/2011 5:06:04 PM
Imagination well launched here, Michelle,
observation of still life that takes on
kinetic energy and blossoms to passion.
Yes!
John
Just Kissed (Poetry) - 7/21/2011 9:57:27 PM
The first kiss is the hardest. After that the rest come easy, if they're pretty pleasin'
Just Kissed (Poetry) - 7/21/2011 9:22:18 PM
So sensual... ...it is wonderful how you can be inspired in this way by gazing at a painting. Thank you for sharing your gift, Michelle. Love and hugs and best wishes,
Regis
If she left it there (Poetry) - 7/21/2011 7:33:48 AM
Love the gentle, implicit sexiness and those subtle, half - hidden rhymes.
If she left it there (Poetry) - 7/21/2011 7:27:10 AM
incredibly beautiful writing, Michelle! Good to see you back!;-)ET
If she left it there (Poetry) - 7/21/2011 4:09:01 AM
Breathtaking phrasing, Michelle......wow!
Anna
Restless Moments (Poetry) - 7/21/2011 3:51:30 AM
Great poem, and story behind the painting, Paintings can tell so many stories. God bless. Baz
Desire (Poetry) - 7/20/2011 1:29:23 PM
Michelle, an artful rendering with verbal imagery falling gracefully on my eye and mind's ear. I love it. I bid you love and peace my dear friend. Jon Michael
Restless Moments (Poetry) - 7/20/2011 1:28:55 PM
Dear Michelle, I like the painting you picked and the poem you where inspired to write. Love emile
Restless Moments (Poetry) - 7/20/2011 8:27:19 AM
I really like this. . . .BUT. . . .
4X on the refrain (Chorus) is a bit much
2X I think would suffice.
Restless Moments (Poetry) - 7/20/2011 5:45:28 AM
This bitter-sweet reverie is a telling portraiture in miniature.
I enjoy it very much.
A pure epistle in poetic form.
Roger
Restless Moments (Poetry) - 7/20/2011 4:03:03 AM
Awesome write, Michelle.....found myself kind of humming....this would make a neat ballad....
Hugs,
Anna
Restless Moments (Poetry) - 7/20/2011 12:50:15 AM
Very well done, Michelle.
Desire (Poetry) - 7/19/2011 6:20:52 PM
You nailed this one Michelle - 5 star
Desire (Poetry) - 7/19/2011 2:39:10 PM
Michelle,
this is exceptional interpretation,
image choices complementing painting
personal and emotionally demanding
on both writer and reader
John
Desire (Poetry) - 7/19/2011 12:39:18 PM
I love your poetic interpretation of the artwork (love the artwork, too). Very fine piece! ~Hugs, Elizabeth
Desire (Poetry) - 7/19/2011 7:34:17 AM
No, swathed in white I push on until the red,
A single, powerful line among many in a well-crafted and beautifully constructed poem that moves as well as haunts. Very emotionally accomplished and vividly felt, Michelle. xx
Desire (Poetry) - 7/19/2011 6:29:32 AM
So rich in expression and passion!
I'm really enjoying your selections of artwork you write about so poetically!
Blessings,
Christine
Desire (Poetry) - 7/19/2011 3:50:03 AM
Enchanting!!!!! YOu do this so very well, Michelle...bravo!!!!
Anna
Desire (Poetry) - 7/18/2011 8:32:57 PM
A strikingly original quadruplay on words with clear imagery and a clever conclusion. I enjoyed reading this and like the agile workmanship that crafts its weary way from athletic form to authorial function.
Thanks for sharing.
Roger
A Kiss (Poetry) - 7/18/2011 4:58:58 PM
DONE WITH A PASSION OF FIRE YET CLEAN AND SEREND. VERY WELL PENNED MICHELLE. GOD BLESS. GEORGE AKA THE WISE OLD OWL
Golden Land (Poetry) - 7/18/2011 6:17:38 AM
Lovely writing, Michelle! My spirit soared while reading it....
Anna
Painted (Poetry) - 7/18/2011 4:45:46 AM
Absolutely amazing poetry, Michelle!!!!! A beautifully captured story from such a lovely painting....
Anna
Golden Land (Poetry) - 7/18/2011 4:03:49 AM
Beautiful!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Texas, Karen Lynn. :D
Golden Land (Poetry) - 7/17/2011 9:30:26 PM
I like this poem.
It flows
It floats
Take one down where butterflies drift and sing. . . . .
Where one can do anything
Painted (Poetry) - 7/16/2011 8:54:20 AM
She looks like a very rude girl to me.
Good poem.
Painted (Poetry) - 7/15/2011 12:32:41 PM
Aren't all models lovers? Even Mona Lisa? He does depict her in stark, realistic tones. Her hair appears to be too tight and her skin, to fair and flabby for young woman. But then, as you point out, he was older and probably not as picky as he was in his youth. The poet can speculate upon what was really the truth or not. She does strangely resemble my former sister-in-law.
Ron
Painted (Poetry) - 7/15/2011 5:57:09 AM
erotic and provocative
Painted (Poetry) - 7/15/2011 4:31:03 AM
Wonderfully inspired poem!
There is balance to your words, artistry and sensuality in every line.
I agree with your musings about the eyes!
Blessings,
Christine
Painted (Poetry) - 7/15/2011 2:57:14 AM
and a masterpiece it is both the picture and your words Michelle.
Newfie Hugs, Rose
Yellow Daisy (Poetry) - 7/9/2011 7:36:14 AM
Great personification of the perennial daisy. Love it!
Ron
Yellow Daisy (Poetry) - 7/8/2011 6:06:07 AM
Lively write, Michelle! Neat phrasing....well done!
Anna
Yellow Daisy (Poetry) - 7/8/2011 2:24:26 AM
Delightful work, Michelle
Yellow Daisy (Poetry) - 7/7/2011 8:28:09 PM
Such a delightfully inspired write, Michelle; I love the flow created by your rhymes and rhythm. Thank you for sharing this gift. Love and hugs,
xo Regis
Key to the Sea (Poetry) - 7/6/2011 6:11:40 AM
Such incredible ambiance, enjoyed
Key to the Sea (Poetry) - 7/5/2011 3:55:06 AM
A lovely poem, Michelle
Key to the Sea (Poetry) - 7/4/2011 10:06:21 PM
The paintings of this series are all very beautiful, with those double windows that create so many connections between inside and outside. They also make me wonder who the viewer is. You chose a very soothing rhythm to your poem, one that is in harmony with the quiet, blue sea. That soldier is so intriguing... And I love the second stanza and what it expresses about memory. Thank you for sharing.
Axilea
Key to the Sea (Poetry) - 7/4/2011 12:20:52 PM
Strikingly beautiful poetry, Michelle!
Blessings,
Christine
Key to the Sea (Poetry) - 7/4/2011 6:38:58 AM
Enchanting write, Michelle....you made that beautiful painting come alive!
Anna
Key to the Sea (Poetry) - 7/3/2011 1:04:08 PM
Beautifully written.
Sheila
Key to the Sea (Poetry) - 7/2/2011 7:45:52 PM
A gorgeous portrait, Michelle. The paint flows through each line and concludes beautifully. ~Elizabeth
Key to the Sea (Poetry) - 7/1/2011 5:44:41 AM
beautifully painted with your words
Key to the Sea (Poetry) - 7/1/2011 5:23:18 AM
Superb! I like the soldier . Love those last two lines
db
Double Delight in Morning Light (Poetry) - 5/17/2011 8:25:48 AM
Beautiful, classic verses to describe a beautiful painting; so well done, Michelle. Thank you for sharing your gift. Love and best wishes to you,
Regis
Double Delight in Morning Light (Poetry) - 4/18/2011 6:17:49 PM
the dawn of a new awareness for ethereal inhabitants and earth's lowly residents -- their reactions probably not in the least dissimilar -- for the lilacs beauty is of universal appeal -- Michelle you have entertained me again with masterful verbiage and a great imagination -- I bid you love and peace my dear friend -- Jon Michael
Island Haus (Poetry) - 4/14/2011 3:37:52 PM
Michelle, your imagery in this rendering is splendid and unique. A superb short story, the ideal poem. I bid you love and peace my dear friend. Jon Michael
Double Delight in Morning Light (Poetry) - 4/12/2011 4:13:05 PM
I can only imagine this flower of an angel. In this case a picture would help.
Ron
An Instant (Poetry) - 4/12/2011 3:44:00 PM
A snapshot of human emotion, "An Instant". The last stanza is a masterpiece of life, the enigma. Emotion reins this thought and your "silent grace" is the epitome of the righteous thought. I bid you love and peace my dear friend. Jon Michael
Nest (Poetry) - 4/12/2011 4:56:22 AM
Nesting explored with a poet's compassion Michelle. My favorite from among your many talented renderings my dear friend. "Nest" is filled with the primal simplicity of motherhood and survival of species. Yet bountiful with elaborate semantic sketches I can easily envision. I bid you love and peace. Jon Michael
Double Delight in Morning Light (Poetry) - 4/10/2011 1:03:00 AM
As always, the language and images are splendid,
Michelle, but here there is a metaphysical tone
and dimension that make this work special indeed.
John
Double Delight in Morning Light (Poetry) - 4/6/2011 4:57:45 PM
Michelle, were I in search of earthly bliss,
I'd find it here in your Morning Light. -gene.
Double Delight in Morning Light (Poetry) - 4/5/2011 9:50:03 PM
Dear Michelle,it has been a while, since I last visited your den. Lately I was and still am very busy. Today I saw your name in my mail, and I was happy to read you again. Well done, love Emile
Double Delight in Morning Light (Poetry) - 4/5/2011 4:42:46 PM
Every word is blissful!...A myriad collection of pure enchantment...I LOVE it...
Hugs, Diana...
Double Delight in Morning Light (Poetry) - 4/5/2011 2:35:58 PM
I'm really enjoying your artistic poetry, Michelle. You make colors and images shine.
Blessings,
Christine
Island Haus (Poetry) - 4/5/2011 7:56:28 AM
Sunny and breezy.
Makes me want to hit the highway
Put some sand between my toes
(I could fix that door!)
Island Haus (Poetry) - 4/5/2011 6:25:47 AM
Beautiful.
Island Haus (Poetry) - 4/5/2011 3:54:22 AM
Beautiful writing, Michelle.....I love this type of writing...the stories that unwind are fascinating...
Anna
An Instant (Poetry) - 4/4/2011 12:48:00 AM
Nicely done, Michelle.
Nest (Poetry) - 4/3/2011 3:44:13 PM
Intensely woven in a excellent rhyme scheme.
Mounts up with wings soaring.
An Instant (Poetry) - 4/3/2011 3:38:06 PM
I like the flow of this piece.
Floats between the real and the imagined.
Awakening (Poetry) - 4/3/2011 8:05:10 AM
"Where have all the soldiers gone? Long time passing. Where have all the soldiers gone? Long time ago. Where have all the soldiers gone? Gone to graveyards everyone. When will they ever learn?", emerges slowly from my memory of the song of that long ago era Michelle. A poignant reminder of wars futility and the horrible waste, of young men. I bid you love and peace my dear friend. Jon Michael
Nest (Poetry) - 4/2/2011 4:28:23 PM
Yours is a lovely painting too, Michelle.
Love the rhyme scheme. -gene.
Nest (Poetry) - 4/2/2011 12:37:47 PM
Beautiful and poignant poem! It would be so great to see the painting but you paint the words so well :)
Be well,
Christine
Awakening (Poetry) - 4/2/2011 9:56:57 AM
Very poignant and vivid. In war, soldiers become bloodstained poppies in the field.
Ron
Nest (Poetry) - 4/2/2011 9:53:06 AM
Reminded me of the wren that nested in my hanging fern. I can visualize the nest in the bell tower without the painting.
Ron
Nest (Poetry) - 4/2/2011 6:59:46 AM
Lovely writing sweet lady...Hugss
Nest (Poetry) - 4/2/2011 4:05:15 AM
these are simply some of the most beautifully put together lyrical words i've read in sometime...thanks michelle
Nest (Poetry) - 4/2/2011 1:06:49 AM
Beautifully written, Michelle.
Awakening (Poetry) - 4/1/2011 2:33:59 PM
The sense of loss is strong from the very first line of this poem and slowly (but deeply) penetrates the soul. The whole fourth stanza is very expressive in depicting the tragedy.
Axilea
Awakening (Poetry) - 4/1/2011 11:10:30 AM
This is a gloriously written masterpiece Michelle! Wow!!!
Blessings,
Christine
Awakening (Poetry) - 4/1/2011 10:22:31 AM
beautifully written piece of work!
Awakening (Poetry) - 4/1/2011 3:30:45 AM
Nicely written, Michelle.
Awakening (Poetry) - 3/31/2011 10:02:11 PM
"A stem’s stability, much like a false friend, so easily bends,
To the shifting scores of brotherhood’s newly chosen wars"...Awakening indeed, Michelle. Blessed Be.
Sage
Awakening (Poetry) - 3/31/2011 9:09:50 PM
Long time coming
Some things are worth waiting on
Your unique style and grandeur
Superb poetry
Awakening (Poetry) - 3/31/2011 9:02:22 PM
This reminded me of 'In Flander's Field' ... effectively moving, heartbreaking poetry that is coming too true for many families and warriors. Well done, Michelle. SOOOO glad to be reading you again.
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
Awakening (Poetry) - 3/31/2011 8:52:46 PM
I was easily drawn into the mood created by your expressive verses, Michelle. Very effective. I think there is a typo in the first verse of the third stanza (solider). Thank you for sharing. Love, hugs, and best wishes,
Regis
Paper Mantle (Poetry) - 2/13/2011 9:55:07 PM
The portrait and poem blend and go hand in hand ...M
Drops of Nature (Poetry) - 2/13/2011 9:53:19 PM
I can see and feel what you have written. BEAUTIFUL...M
