At dVerse Sarah is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write an Ekphrastic poem based on the art work of her late friend and painter Fay Collins.
dVerse :Poets – Poetics – Fay Collins Revisited
“There’s never an end for the sea.” Samuel Beckett
So Serene So serene, the gentleness of blue on blue, that old exchange between sea and sky speaking soft whispers to me, though energy pervades the horizon as clouds gather ready to bear change, might it, or might it not rain today or tomorrow, will the sound of wind cover everything to a deafness, and I cannot decide whether the foreground wall of rock entertains a break as gate or lure, but either way danger lurks, and yet, through it all Collins has kept a peace that holds in the languid seaweed floating in quiet confidence to which I feel invited. Copyright 2021 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®
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Yes! You captured the suspended moment, like the seaweed held forever just beneath the surface.
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Many thanks Jane, much appreciated. I just love that painting of the seaweed.
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It’s magical!
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This was a great poem 🙂
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Very kind indeed, thank you.
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I love how this poem ends. I felt the invitation to serenity.
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Well that sure makes it worthwhile, that was my hope, thank you Liz.
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You’re welcome, Paul.
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I love this – so many beautiful phrases – but it’s the overall feel, the gaze you hold and we share, and the sense of tranquility, of movement stilled.
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Thank you Sarah, and thanks again for this opportunity.
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I too feel invited to experience the beauty you’ve described!
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Thank you so much for sharing that.
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I feel invited too…beautiful.
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Many thanks VJ
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Welcome!
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Is it a “gate or lure”? Yet the invitation stands.
Pax,
Dora
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Thank you so much Dora 🙂
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I too am caught by that phrasing ~
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A vacation get-a-way to places that people don’t typically go. I want to visit this place you created in my mind!
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wow, thank you for sharing that effect, amazing.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Many thanks Chuck
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I so love the choice of painting and felt the invitation too! Exquisitely woven! 💝💝
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Thank you so much Sanaa 🙂
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Many thanks for linking 🙂
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You’ve really captured the sublime serenity of the painting here, Paul!
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Thank you for that Ingrid, I really fell in love with that painting and it really did seem serene for me.
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Beautiful
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🙂
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