John Singleton Copley
distinguished portraitist with vivacity
Painting in a unique style
competed wih Reynolds for a while
Painer John Singleton Copley
slow earnest,self-taught you see
From an immigrant so poor
to successwith portraiture*
*https://www.johnsingletoncopley.org/
Copley Square – circa 1955
Copley Square, cobblestone streets,
chattering liars
rattling farewell to midnight’s
dampened, dwindling fires.
Gas lights flickering
trembling at passion’s passing –
two hearts bickering.
9/13/2017
submitted to – SEGUIDILLA – Poetry Contest
howmanysyllables has a few quirks
it counts the apostrophe in “passion’s”
as a syllable and also counts the dash (-)
as a syllable.