Premiere Contest WinnerShe is Sleeping

she is alive dreaming 

limbs like serpents growing 


                an embryonic adult on board sprawling
                      spawned 

                                       learning 

                      she escaped a naked bed


her art stolen into law school 

    
          time decorates her shoulder


                       clocks tickling ticking 

    …. 

                       decorate her shoulder


always time and numbers

           
                       nipple oozes round innocence


lost are all her paintings past lives

                                          her naked bed cold

canvasses half complete 

 
                   entangled her limbs outlined in           
                                                            blue
  

       she dreams an illusionary future 
in silk and law books
 she 
          sleeps 
       
                        awake 


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Art piece : She is Sleeping : Iqraa Daniels
Oil on Board :30cmx41cm
Date: 2014
Style: Expressionism
Genre: Nude  
Source : Private :
Pic at website : ghairodanielspresence.WordPress.com
Blog post : She is Sleeping :27/3/26
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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Munsell Avatar
April 19, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Ghairo, I love how this poem draws the reader into the realm of sleep and passing time; in so few words, you depict a life here, and one I can relate to. It is wonderful.
Munsell Avatar
April 19, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Anaya Avatar
April 1, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Congratulations on another trophy, yeah! Is it your painting, im thrown from the same name, Ill check again. .well also Congratulations for Africa's qualifying for the FIFA cup! Hooray
Brul Avatar
March 30, 2026 at 3:31 AM
I love the way you conceptualized a work of art here with thought-provoking imagery.Congratulations on your awesome trophy win! ^___^ JCB
Daniels Avatar
March 30, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Merci ! JCB : sending blessings. X.
Buhagiar Avatar
March 30, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Wonderful placement. You got a well-deserved trophy. Your allusions have great imagery. I am too much straight forward. Great poem XX
Daniels Avatar
March 30, 2026 at 2:00 AM
ThkU Victor, for your support here on this site. I feel you don’t give yourself & your poems enough credit. Sometimes clarity is needed, sometimes layers. ~ just depends. Sending Light. X.
Hind Avatar
March 27, 2026 at 9:08 AM
interesting work, I liked her paintings... something is missing, I gathered from reading...beautiful work
Daniels Avatar
March 27, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Poet’s Note : https://ghairodanielspresence.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/she-is-sleeping-ekphrasis-poem/ [ link to painting pic ]
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