At dVerse Lillian is hosting Poetics with an invitation to choose one of five artworks by Thorvald Hellesen.
dVerse Poets – Poetics – An Artist Gets His Due
“Portrait of Halvor John Schou” 1911, by Thorvald Helessen.
“From the point of view of the meditative traditions the entire society is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.” Jon Kabat-Zinn
Of All The Shoulds
I’m not often still,
to sit quietly is to gather a storm,
unrelenting thoughts that swirl,
competing for my mind,
if I sit here too long I shall lose the
thread of it all to atrophy;
why am I here,
the ledger is incomplete
ships are unloading,
stock must be ordered ,
and yet here I am,
sighing,
wasting time,
I might even come to love it.
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Thank you very much – appreciated 🙂
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That’s one beautiful piece of work and the subject is certainly lost in thought. Good characterization of Mr. Schou. I did Mrs. Schou’s portrait.
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I will get over to yours soon, I must we have a couple 🙂 Thank so much Lisa.
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For sure, Paul, and you are very welcome. Interested in what you think of those two as a couple once you see her (and read my poem.)
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Yes to that.
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I think you described time well spent. 🙂
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Yes, my great desire, because when I do stop it is amazing. Thank you LuAnne
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OOH!! POWW!!! 👊
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Nail on the head eh? 🙂
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ON the head!
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Oooh! 🙂
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Yep, if I were that poetic subject, I’d be seeking treatment for the concussion… 😆
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Not to be irreverent, but the painting and the poem together remind me of Mr. Listless in Thomas Peacock’s Nightmare Abbey.
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I had never read this – I went and looked it up on some ebook sites and nearly fell over $130.00 AUS but i found a version on FB – an audio book and it’s hilarious.
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Yikes! That’s a lot of money for a novella that’s in the public domain. (It’s on Project Guttenberg.) I’m glad you were able to find an audiobook version and that you’re enjoying it.
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That’s what I thought, but yes, I found a way round it, thankfully 🙂
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Sounds more like me
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That is nice and I think in almost similar circumstances, many of us would love to waste a little time 🙂 To sit and dream.
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O, yes indeed, just imagine. 🙂 Many thanks.
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Hope you’ll like it. 🙂
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Ha, me too Amy – thank you 🙂
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