MATISSE MAIDENS
Maidens..so many.
Marguerite
dressed so neat
Laurette and
Lorette so sad, so sweet.
The upstairs maid with Greta Moll
his still life doll.
Odalisques
curves and shapes,
in colour and drapes.
Chapeaux and Chevelure
with locks astray.
A sister or two,and a wife,
green with envy,
to paint
and portray
Crowd of entertainment, chapeaux and gowns, of Renoirs,**
not unlike the expansive midnight sky brimming with stars.
Capture of long ago memories, like lightning bugs in jars.
Knee deep, flood high - boxes of snapshots…our memoirs.
Whimsical caricature of a lifetime - chameleon avatars.
Oft’ one changes seasons capriciously, jumping boxcars.
Fading into the sun and moon - visible and ultraviolet scars.
The Johari window opens and shuts - scrapbook is all ours.*
Perspective of us, composite flashing blades, spars.
‘til we are bathed in heavenly light, much of us behind bars.
10/6/2022
SINGLE STANZA MONORHYME
Sponsor - L Milton Hankins
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*Johari Window has four quadrants. 1) Our “open book” we share with everyone 2) Things we know but hide from others 3) Our blind self - what others see but we do not 4) Things hidden from both us and others
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johari_window
**chapeaux - hats
Maintain my weight while sitting at a plateau
Never give up, just don my endurance chapeaux
It's getting easier
As I get skinnier
Can finally see my friendly glowing down below
MATISSE MAIDENS
Maidens..so many.Marguerite
dressed so neat, Laurette and
Lorette so sad, so sweet.The
upstairs maid with Greta Moll
his still life doll.Odalisques
curves and shapes, in colour
and drapes.Chapeaux and
Chevelure with locks astray.
A sister or two,and a wife, green
with envy,to paint and portray
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