Constance La France Poet Narrative

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Poetry/Narrative/It Started With A Blank Canvas
Copyright Protected, ID 02-1624-881-21
All Rights Reserved, 2024, Constance La France

Written, February 21, 2024
For the International Contest, It Started With A Blank Canvas
Sponsor, Silent One, Judged 02/26/2024

Second Place

 

It Started With A Blank Canvas

My life began as one big blank canvas,
a sweet baby girl loved:
the second child for my parents,
yes, I had an older sister by one year;
Suzanne, already had signs of an adventurer,
while I just gurgled, smiled and made faces.

Babyhood is fleeting,
soon, I was a four year old and walking:
my personality was beginning to blossom,
quiet, shy, loving cats, the garden, and books,
my sister, had no time for all that;
we lost her on a snowy street,
her death left a black mark on the canvas of my life.

My grandma, Helena was our family storyteller, 
looking at me she would say, she has an old soul:
grandma colored the canvas of my life with hues lovely,
opening my imagination and a writer was born;
I will never forget the words I spoke at her funeral.

When I write of nature the tone is green with wildflowers bright,
with strokes and swirls of birds soaring and water swirling:
when I write of winter, my very soul opens,
and in sad poems somber colors twirl and mingle;
and my paint drips blood red onto my canvas,
the love poems, I create are full of my love's aqua blue eyes.

I am a butterfly, I am a bird, I am a writer,
each day I add another color, another dimension;
to the canvas of my life that started when I was born,
no telling what the future holds but I know;
it will be beautiful.

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Paula Goldsmith February 28, 2024 at 8:01 AM Congratulations on your win. WOW!!! What a great write/story with a great ending/lovely picture. I really enjoyed reading this one. I pray your future will be beautiful with blessings... Have a blessed day writing away............... Constance La France February 28, 2024 at 11:17 AM Paula, thank you for the congratulations, compliment and comment, hugs, Constance

Silent One February 26, 2024 at 12:28 PM Deep and emotive storytelling and that last stanza is like a short bio for you.. Congratulations on your placement in the contest.. Constance La France February 26, 2024 at 6:29 PM Silent, thank you for the contest, and my placement, the compliment and congratulations, blessings, Constance

Smita Kulkarni February 22, 2024 at 10:48 AM Beautifully painted canvas Constance! I enjoyed reading your nicely expressed poetry! -Smita Constance La France February 22, 2024 at 8:26 PM Smita, thank you for the compliment and comment, hugs, Constance

Speaks Volumes February 22, 2024 at 3:06 AM Beautiful poem Constance. Grandmothers are such special people, they leave us the legacy of everlasting wondrous memories. Your poem reflects love and admiration, and fills a blank canvas with colour, Best wishes for a lovely day. Constance La France February 22, 2024 at 8:27 PM Speaks, thank you for the compliment, and lovely comment, hugs, Constance

Ink Empress February 21, 2024 at 10:35 AM So heartfelt and well expressed: i felt so much reading this and the last lines, are brilliant! “ i am a butterfly, im a bird” ah the strength of your aura and voice can be heard and felt throughout! And use of colors here to describe your feelings is so artistic, pleasure reading this. BOL Constance La France February 22, 2024 at 8:29 PM Ink, thank you for the lovely comment, compliment and encouragement, hugs, Constance

Daniel Henry Rodgers February 21, 2024 at 8:42 AM Dearest Constance, This is such a tender reflection on the beginning of your life journey. Your words show innocence and familial love, juxtaposed with the anticipation of your older sister's adventurous spirit. You beautifully capture the essence of childhood and the unique path each of us takes in life. Constance, this is a very heartfelt glimpse into your beginnings. - Blessings, Daniel Constance La France February 21, 2024 at 8:54 AM Daniel, thank you so much for your beautiful comment, and compliment, I will be adding more to this poem, hope you will come back, blessings, Constance