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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