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Premium Member A Self Portrait
Behold, oh my beloved!
Is there a hidden care
you would like to share,
with your not so gentle gaze?

Repudiating caducity,
your eyes portray
sustained excitement ~
still and restrained
whilst behind you
an arabesque of phantasmagorical
make-believe.

Behold, oh my beloved
the vortex of colours 
surrounding you
entwine a paradigm
of that starry night~
and as i look...

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Categories: briand, appreciation, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member Artist's Brush
Hands
mixing
neutral shades
as brushstrokes form
etches of life’s vignettes in washed-out tones,
Reflecting grim  shadows doused by night’s  ash
Where black  white hints
Trail along
Fingers
Stained.
Grief
In oil
Expressing
Artist's lament
Through paint of tears which words cannot portray.



tetractys 1st place
Contest NO  85 for Briand Strand...

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Categories: briand, art,
Form: Tetractys
Premium Member Ekphrasis On Monet's Water Lilies
Floating fluttering fleurs
are jewels in fuchsia and magenta
transmuting into taffy hue
with the kiss of dappled sunlight
like her cheeks that blush in pink
with his wondering wink.

The willows are stalactites 
seducing newly bloomed nympheas
slumbering in Egyptian blue water 
like her shaggy windswept hair
teasing her beloved's face
beneath the...

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Categories: briand, appreciation, art, nature,
Form: Ekphrasis

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member Ekphrasis On Snow At Argenteuil
footprints carved on a crystalline carpet
the winding traces of morning skaters
on teal and ivory rugged snowfield
lead me to his quiet hometown

the bare trees that surround me
are like dancing old willows by the brooks
freezing as they witness the old folks 
faded in the misty blue

the silver...

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Categories: briand, appreciation, art, love,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member Ekphrasis On Waterloo Bridge
saffron shafts of sun~
behind lofty heights
of faded silver and sapphire
veiled by the hazy fog
spell prelude to  dusk

faded titanium bridges
are galloping white horses
crossing the river of dreams
where our lost story drifts

illuminating faint gray
surrounding misty water
like when you cast
a fading smile~
as you wave goodbye


14 March 2021

Notes:...

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Categories: briand, appreciation, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member Lost In a Dream
lost in a winter dream~
beneath the indigo sky
the melancholic music soars
echoing from distant shores
making dainty daffodils dance
in the bleak starlit eve.

snowflakes whitened my hair
as I chase the evening glow

searching where the melodies flow
and there I find you
under the moonlight shadow
singing my old favourite song
while stardust...

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Categories: briand, appreciation, lost love, love,
Form: Ekphrasis



Premium Member Daffy Definitions (Part 3 )
I thank all Participants in my endeavor to create a POETRYSOUP Dictionary I f YOU do not 
see Your word yet Please be Patient I was not expecting such a Great response You may 
send in more than one word(per : Brian Strand, Dane Ann,...

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Categories: briand, education, family, friendship, funny
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Peeling the Violin
PEELING THE VIOLIN
.  .  .  .  ~  ~ ~ .  .  .  .


~ swerving along its waxed wood 
rapturous strains sweep alto mood 
bow’s strings peeling my plight…  
in the unmentionable softness of moonlight. 

holding its...

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Categories: briand, music, uplifting
Form: Kyrielle
Premium Member Coming Home
As wartime’s ending leaves behind
scarred  traces of its furious  hunts,
a melancholy cast of mind
endures this pang  with hope ablaze.
Where flies the  gold and  russet morn,
as autumn’s  languid  trail departs
and cruel frost of winter grips,
when  hardened heart against...

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Categories: briand, home, longing, soldier,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Adventures of a Rakish Teenage Heel
In the springtime when the carnival comes to town 
On the dizzying tilt-a-whirl and fearsome Ferris wheel, 
The haunting calliope in the musical merry-go-round 
Calls to mind the adventures of a rakish teenage heel. 

On the dizzying tilt-a-whirl and fearsome Ferris wheel, 
She snuggles in,...

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Categories: briand, adventure, lust, memory,
Form: Pantoum
Premium Member Ekphrasis On Impression Sunrise
tangerine sunrise~
oscillating reflections glow
like a sketch of your smile
at a glimpse of a new morn

a medley of indigo and carrot
as the sun floats in hazy sky
like the sparkle of your eyes
remembering first love

nebulous  harbour at a distance
of steamships and shades
sailing in silhouettes
strumming my senses
like...

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Categories: briand, appreciation, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member Lovers Symphony
Wooing,  My LOVE
Chateau-Briand, with homemade sauce Bernaise
Pancake cottage fries, al dente cauliflower Polonaise
1971 bottle of Pouilly-Fuisse on ice, already Chilled
The Love of my Life, Barbara; with Love my Heart: Filled
The Centre piece is Roses : White, Yellow, Red, and Blue
Pure Love, Unforgettable Love, ...

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Categories: briand, fantasy, love, passion, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ekphrasis On La Vie En Rose
a dulcet dreamy rendition
of sweet symphony
paints  a cosmic light
inciting the sleepy moon
over the  silvery sea

as music soars~
I see clouds descending 
to kiss the silky shore
resting on his bosom

and as the music fades,
I hear him sings "La Vie En Rose"
in soft serenading tenor~
Oh, my...

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Categories: briand, appreciation, love, music,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member Holding On - a Waltz Wave
Sands
                                            ...

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Categories: briand, hope, inspiration, longing, truth,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Coffee Beans
roasted coffee beans
inside grandma's old grinder 
exude aroma
of groovy early mornings
catching the first bus to school


19 February 2022


" A Briand Strand Tanka" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand
1st place...

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Categories: briand, grandmother, kid, memory,
Form: Tanka

Book: Reflection on the Important Things