Reason A. Poteet Poet Ekphrasis

Sun and Moon Flowers, 1890

I know belamour means lover;
but a flower too is defined.
Webster puts it undercover -
a flower, who knows what kind?

Gertrude Stein penned famous words we've heard,
"A rose is a rose is a rose."
Smelling a rose, our minds are stirred,
but a belamour? no nose knows.

Meet the artist - George Dunlop Leslie.
His painting called Sun and Moon Flowers
has caught my attention expressly,
for I have not heard of moon flowers.

On closer examination
I found only sunflowers full burst.
Reading George’s explanation
has not quenched my mind of its thirst.

He explained contradistinction,
moonflowers have a paler bloom.
With florist’s flair for composition
so George arranged the girls in the room.

Sun or moon flowers?  my mind's still mud;
but go back to that "belamour".
Belamour’s an unopened bud,
that's what Webster meant, now I'm sure.


http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/belamour
http://www.gardenofpraise.com/artprint26.htm

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Skat A July 7, 2013 at 1:15 PM interesting one must say! Congrats ~SKAT~

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Connie Gildersleeve June 18, 2013 at 4:41 PM Congratulations Reason on your win. Warm Smiles, Connie

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Delysia Hendricks May 30, 2013 at 5:55 PM Hmmm. Impressive, to say the least. You're a meticulous person and it shows in your writing. Nice work. Licia :-)

Nikhileswari Swaminathan May 29, 2013 at 9:42 PM you increased my word power shall i say well new words learnt, enjoyed the write Mr.Poteet

Len Gasun May 25, 2013 at 10:30 PM Superb poem you've penned my dear friend, Reason. I love flowers, painting & more which caught my attention to read your poem & made me feel curious about the word you've introduced. My dictionary here doesn't show about it, but now, got satisfied through your creative words but still & i'll go to the link you've indicated below. Thank you so much for sharing your excellent poem & your kind visit w/ inspiring comments on my poem. Pls. say hi to Leora from me! Have a great weekend! love and hugs, Leonora