The Artist

<>The ordinary water that she sips
transforms into a sparkling crimson juice
of cherries, cold and sweet, upon her lips.
The blues she sees are sapphire, greens, chartreuse,
and hardly does she know the color white,
for pearl or alabaster it appears.
The fog is lilac mist, and she’s a kite
that climbs the sky while loosing mundane fears.
Consumed by wind, she does not flag.  Instead,
embracing zephyr, soars.  Responses of
this mortal are not common.  Served dry bread,
she’d name it manna sent her from above!
Half Pegasus, on wings of beauty borne,
her other half alights, a  unicorn!


For the Screwed V Contest of Rob Carmack
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015


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Date: 8/23/2015 12:17:00 PM
Wow...Congrats on your top win, Andie!
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Date: 8/22/2015 9:33:00 AM
Congrats Andrea!
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Date: 8/20/2015 2:48:00 PM
WOW Andrea, this is you at your best in my opinion...Had to read it several times through to let it soak in. LOVE the perfect five meter lines, each one of which is a gem! I can't IMAGINE this not placing in someone's contest...Just tell me who it is and I swear to god I'll-I'll-um...be really mean to them! Yeah THAT'S what I'll do...
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Date: 8/20/2015 2:48:00 PM
Fave!
Date: 8/20/2015 9:11:00 AM
so glad to see this at the top of the podium - another bit of the cherry and it gets the success it deserves! :-) many congrats:-) hugs Jan xx7
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Date: 8/20/2015 7:16:00 AM
Andrea, I just stopped by to say congratulation on your 1st place win it was well deserved:-)Alexis
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Date: 8/20/2015 12:44:00 AM
Wow wonderful Andrea! Love your take, the concluding lines awesome! Congrats on big win!
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Date: 8/19/2015 4:44:00 PM
This is so cool, Dre! I know you're all about using punctuation in a constructive manner and that attention to detail is really evident in this whimsical write. Congrats on your win, my Dear! xoxo
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Date: 8/19/2015 3:23:00 PM
What a lovely Sonnet, Andrea. The imagery was magical and so deserving of 1st place! Sandra
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Date: 8/19/2015 12:11:00 PM
An artist with words, so beautiful set a great artist you are. Congratulations on your win a 7 hugs eve
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Date: 8/19/2015 10:35:00 AM
One beautiful poem. I love the range and flow of this one. Congrats and a barrage of hugs!
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Date: 8/19/2015 10:21:00 AM
:) Wow, Woman! You sure know how to paint with words! Congrats on your win in Rob's contest. You deserve it. Hugs
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Date: 8/19/2015 1:49:00 AM
Andrea, WOW... the best one yet... SKAT
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Date: 6/23/2015 8:52:00 AM
I love the last 2 lines, especially the part "on wings of beauty borne".
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Date: 6/11/2015 12:27:00 PM
Awesome! This one has a mystical magical beauty. Reading it I felt like I entered a land of myth and legend.
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Date: 6/4/2015 2:32:00 PM
Is Lexi real or mythological? Whatever, you have made her very colorful. Love, daver
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Date: 6/4/2015 11:12:00 AM
Loved this, Andrea! Wonderful imagery and imagination! A 7 and a sure winner in myopinion.
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Date: 6/3/2015 10:13:00 PM
Andrea, a beautiful poem a 7. I'm not truly sure about the artist, I did research but still not quite sure of who the artist is. Thank you for your visit and reading “When A Woman Is Just A Woman”. :~) Hugs Eve
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Date: 6/3/2015 7:09:00 PM
Well, I can't say I'm particularly taken with Lexi's art, especially the one that looks like someones heart has been ripped out and thrown on the kitchen floor lol. I wonder if she got the inspiration for that when the liver she was about to cook slipped out of her fingers lol. Your poem on your choice of pic creates the perfect image as if painting with words. Take care, Richard
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Date: 6/3/2015 5:38:00 PM
Wonderful write Andrea...love the ending lines...
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Date: 6/3/2015 5:14:00 AM
beautiful - but then you are the sonnet queen of Soup!
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Date: 6/2/2015 11:15:00 PM
Excellent. You have painted well with your lovely words. Enjoyed reading it. Tfs
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Date: 6/2/2015 10:26:00 PM
You have created a masterpiece that celebrates the painting beyond belief Andrea. This is sure to place high in the contest.
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Date: 6/2/2015 8:49:00 PM
You can do with words what artist do with paint. Great job sis.
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Date: 6/2/2015 2:21:00 PM
ohh, this is so visual, andie.. i like the interplay of images; well done!.. lovely write... haven't thought of anything yet for this challenge.. huggs
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Date: 6/2/2015 12:27:00 PM
The ending was great and effective in both summing up you thoughts and strengthening their meaning...well penned. Emile.
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