Mike Hauser Poet Rhyme

She Paints By Numbers

She paints freely
Whenever she is around
Then draws briefly
Either a smile or frown

She's good at building texture
Less is more where it counts
She paints by numbers
When she's out and about

She wears a smock 
So there's less of a mess
But when it comes to abstract hearts
No promises are kept

Mistakes are hard to erase
When using an angry oil base
She paints by numbers
Helping to cut to the chase

She makes you feel
Life is but surreal
With you as her medium
Nailed to her easel

Using you as her landscape
In her brushstrokes of give and take
She paints by numbers
The only way she can keep life straight

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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart September 7, 2017 at 7:35 AM Love this! This is rich with imagery and thought tickling this artist's fancy. I don't believe poetry requires meaning so much as feeling, myself believing it is from feeling that meaning is derived. I see this as a portrait, her meaning to you well scribed.

Cheryl Hoffman September 6, 2017 at 7:43 AM I think she probably feels more secure painting by numbers and staying within the paint lines rather than being wild and abstract!~Che :) Mike Hauser September 6, 2017 at 9:10 AM Thank you Cheryl for all the reads!

Luis Estable September 6, 2017 at 7:39 AM I did not get all this painting. I failed to see the whole picture and where this painting theme leads to. Some of the lines are poetic, but I could not go pass that. Thanks, Luis Estable Hannah Borke September 6, 2017 at 11:20 AM I'm also trying to figure this one out while giving it 100% of the doubt Mike Hauser September 6, 2017 at 8:50 AM Does there have to be a meaning to every poem?