I’m happy to have started the poetic year with a poem in the January 2020 issue, Vol. 7, Chapter 3 of the online Visual Verse anthology. You can find my poem on page 27 or you can link directly to the poem, entitled ‘Preparatory Sketch’.
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I so love your take on this intriguing picture. Enthralling from start to finish, and what a great surprise ending. (Which did seem to reflect her expression, lol.)
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Thank you, Rosemary. It seemed tricky when I first saw it, but her expression have me the initial idea and the poem wrote itself. I even managed to finish it in the hour we are given.
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Congrats Kim, never heard of this lot but what a fascinating challenge … when does the next pic go up?
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Thank you, Kate. They post the image on the first of the month. Some of them a ‘re really quirky. There’s an archive you can view, too.
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I’d like to give it a go sometime 🙂
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Go for it, Kate! 😀
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Beautiful.
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Thank you, Regine.
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Congrats, Kim!
And I love how well we can see her expression in your words. I noticed the drawing before reading your poem. But I didn’t truly see it until after your poem told me why she was glaring so fiercely.
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Thank you, Magaly! That’s what I like about the Visual Verse prompts; you never know what they’re going to give you or where it will take you.
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Wowww!! Many many hearty congratulations, Kim!!! 💝
A most phenomenal poem with various hues and strong, captivating imagery 😀 I must have read it more than four times now. Especially love; “the scratching of charcoal and the gush of air from his lips
punctuating periods of concentration.”💝 *swooon*
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Thank you so much, Sanaa. 🙂 xxx
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The best moments are often unrehearsed!
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True!
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Congratulations, Kim! I love how well your poem addresses the glare the girl is wearing. Rarely do we think about the subject of a painting. Thank you for this great back story.
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Thank you! The images over at Visual Verse are varied and unusual, and I never know what to expect. They give us an hour to write a poem or a piece of prose, and I find it’s usually a gut reaction. It was the girl’s expression that spoke to me.
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I like this poem a lot! You explained her glaring in such wonderful terms. LOL, I though the ciggie was a joint until I read the poem. A very sensual poem and I think, anchored in reality of the past.
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Thank you so much, Toni. I’ll get around to reading and commenting on your piece this morning.
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After reading the poem, i had to go back to the drawing. Nice take on the image Kim
Happy you dropped by my blog today
Much❤love
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🙂
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I very much like the idea of the visual verse, very much like The Sunday Muse. Your “take”on the photo was amazing. I bow to your talent!
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Now you’ve made me blush, Bev!
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I was drawn right in… reminds me of stories I’ve heard of the old Masters and their models. Awesome!
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Thank you, Margaret!
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I can certainly see why this piece was chosen for publication. THIS IS FABULOUS!!!
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Thank you so much, Wendy!
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Oh, you’ve captured the drawing perfectly in your words. Bravo!
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Thank you, Susie!
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