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Waterhouse Poems - Poems about Waterhouse


Premium Member CLERIHEW XLVIII ecphrasis waterhouse
John William Waterhouse His Ophelia* not his spouse but was Esther an artist in her day exhibiting also at the R&A...

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Premium Member Boreas by John William Waterhouse 1902 Oil on Canvas
It’s not that I am languid, more that I am chagrined. So disappointed to be met by this dreadful north wind. I am on my way to see him, and I will look so disheveled. I am convinced the god Boreas is inclined to be bedeviled. They say I have a porcelain face and that I never smile. This is...

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Premium Member The Soul of the Rose - John William Waterhouse
there's a place in this garden where I'm not more or less but known a true self that mingles with a fragrance becomes the breeze I feel the brick against my palm ...

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Premium Member Boreas - Waterhouse
I take no shelter from the force barely do I prepare for changeable weather I'll withstand these winds the North Wind is predictable in it's whimsy I'm as solid as the trees as fluid as the grasses I may never again be swept off my feet as there is a darkness behind my eyes so deeply embedded the great God cannot separate me...

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Premium Member The Siren Painting By John William Waterhouse
I long, just as you do The comfort of salvation Exquisiteness, just at the tip of my fingers I need not sing my siren song But I watch your eyes Watch your strength diminish As I continue to play Considering myself in detail To be held, what else is there Any move from me, is everything Offer my hand perhaps Or allow you to sink What...

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Premium Member Clerihew Waterhouse
John William Waterhouse Esther Kenworthy became his spouse Both artists of some renown living& working in London town...

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Premium Member John William Waterhouse
I love images beautifully painted by this man, inspired by life, poems, mythology, infused with bright colors. I admire his style. British artist, born in Rome. Love his art. _____________________ November 23, 2015 Nonet For the contest, Favorite Painter, sponsor, Nayda Ivette Negron First Place...

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For Ophelia (Inspired By Jw Waterhouse)
In blue moonlight where Lady Ophelia drifts the whispered streams in winter's beauty, her eyes reflecting starlight vaguely float and fade quietly to grey. As the breeze kisses her soft white breasts, she sighs a zephyr to carry her to sleeping worlds where soporific trees roam the joyful earth and a goddess dreams. The curve of her cherry lips that still the...

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Categories: waterhouse, art
Form: Sapphic stanza

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