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wordancer
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since 2000-07-30
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0 posted 2006-11-01 04:17 PM


I play with paints
watercolors and inks—
today
ingrained in my fingertips
is green
on the paper
emerald whorls march
a line of prints. . .
fading into near horizon
yesterday
I hand-printed
a blank canvas on the wall
red—yellow—blue
hands merge into
green—orange—violet
someday
my ink-stained hands
will escape
to leap around—
marking all


-Beverly



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pegasus111
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since 2000-07-27
Posts 2219
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1 posted 2006-11-03 05:50 AM


an interesting piece..and...where does this need to touch & mark everyone come from?

Well, you certainly have touched me...

Welcome back

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2 posted 2006-11-03 08:15 AM


WordDancer~
I like your word palette~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

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Don_Juan
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since 2004-04-08
Posts 252
Far from where I am going
3 posted 2006-11-03 11:07 PM


I enjoyed this one thoroughly. It took me back to my days in pre-school and kindergarten.
finger paints were always fun.

my favorite lines were.
"someday
my ink-stained hands
will escape
to leap around—
marking all"

very cool.

only one suggestion, and this is just from a readers stand point. Perhaps you could use some stanza breaks.
for example:

I play with paints
watercolors and inks—

today
ingrained in my fingertips
is green

on the paper
emerald whorls march
a line of prints. . .
fading into near horizon

yesterday
I hand-printed
a blank canvas on the wall

red—yellow—blue
hands merge into
green—orange—violet

someday
my ink-stained hands
will escape
to leap around—
marking all


But, If you're not a fan of that then keep it the way it is. It's just easier, at least for me, to digest poems when they're in stanza's.

-John

nice use of muffin



wordancer
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since 2000-07-30
Posts 809
VA
4 posted 2006-11-06 01:07 PM


peg...i'm very tactile

marge, thanks for stopping by

John...good idea...i'lll push and shove the words around and see what happens


Juju
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since 2003-12-29
Posts 3429
In your dreams
5 posted 2006-11-19 12:30 PM


I liked this one alot

-Juju

junemac
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since 2003-04-24
Posts 1005
uk
6 posted 2006-12-03 06:20 AM


A facination with colour, i have that too and this poem drew me and didnt disappoint.
Loved it.
Well done Beverley

Hugs June xxx

kaila
Junior Member
since 2006-12-24
Posts 37
PA
7 posted 2006-12-24 07:32 PM


Your screen name fits this poem as you dance from color to color and touch to touch.

I have to agree with the suggestion to break into stanzas; I see some powerful images/words that seem missed in the flow of words.

I definitely enjoyed your poem.

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