Monday, July 09, 2018

each droplet breathed, a prayer – v3



a painted word-picture
an image of a daylily adorned
each droplet breathed, a prayer,
speaking to each one of us
through our eyes, our memory,
words of love, of beauty, of precision
a moment knitted into our story

droplets of rain, transparent beads,
liquid glass, like melted sugar
splashed, brushed on each petal
every part of the daylily
like Jack Frost’s confection
in another time, a season
when such blossoms do not exist

living flesh sprayed by the droplets
a repeating pattern, precision,
aligned on the daylily
frozen for us in the image -
Drink it all in, heavy with memory,
present, captured forever,
after a brief morning shower

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edited July 9, 2018
each droplet breathed, a prayer – v3

edited July 9, 2018
each droplet breathed, a prayer – v2
edited July 9, 2018
each droplet breathed, a prayer
&
edited July 7, 2018
As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v7
(merging edits to versions 5 and 6)
edited July 7, 2018

As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v6
(editing original)
Edited November 20, 2014
As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v5
(editing version 3)
edited October 6, 2014
As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v4
Edited October 25, 2013
As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v3
edited November 14, 2011
As threadbare as old cheesecloth – v2
May 21, 2009
As threadbare as old cheesecloth
title saved 12/27/08
&
edited July 7, 2018
late spring, early summer – v2
edited July 7, 2018
the skin of an ancient reptile – v3
adding a third stanza
edited July 7, 2018
the skin of an ancient reptile – v2
July 7, 2018
late spring, early summer
July 7, 2018
the living map rolled out – v2
July 7, 2018
the living map rolled out
July 7, 2018
the skin of an ancient reptile
challenge post on twitter page
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
picture of a leaf
Realistic Poetry
&
edited July 4, 2018
each drop breathed, a prayer
edited July 4, 2018
each drop a prayer – v3
edited July 4, 2018
each drop a prayer – v2
July 3, 2018
each drop a prayer
July 2, 2018
Pearls and Jewels of Water on the Bloom
July 2, 2018
post on the Realistic Poetry Twitter page,
a picture of a orange lily covered in rain water
“How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!”
edits to last stanza of prior poem
edited June 26, 2014
After the Shower – v2
June 6, 2007 6:50
After the Shower
Wesley United Methodist Church
Concord, NH

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