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wranx
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since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

0 posted 2004-03-17 10:23 PM

Charlie was an artist,
a painter of no small talent

One, who favored painting portraits
of the old, the discarded,
and the no longer useful

His subjects all wore the patina of age
and bore the lines and creases
that bespoke tales of long journeys

And always, he endeavored
to capture the personality of each,
and worried that their character
might not shine through the glaze

But, Charlie was an artist of no small talent
that loved painting pictures of old boots

And I wonder now, where Charlie will be
when my feet no longer need mine

[This message has been edited by wranx (03-18-2004 09:28 AM).]

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2004-03-17 10:31 PM

STOP!

No...

start once more,
that you might paint one more portrait.

You did Charlie, so very well.

muted

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since 2004-01-15

Posts 2949
Elapsing, Eclipsing, Evolving

2 posted 2004-03-17 10:43 PM

*shiver* reading that last line..WOW

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

3 posted 2004-03-17 11:11 PM

Hi Ed

I hope that he paints your boots with your wiggling toes in them. Enjoyed this portrait! Hugs!

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2004-03-17 11:13 PM

Oh please..do another quickly!
Hugs~

Poetry is not an opinion expressed...
it is a song that rises from a bleeding wound
...or a smiling mouth.

~ Kahlil Gibran

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

5 posted 2004-03-18 12:40 PM

love this canvas...think I can even smell some ol boots in this write
LOL
another fine brushstroke, Ed

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

6 posted 2004-03-18 12:41 PM

It's interesting how Charlie resembles you.

How can you miss him?

Nice artwork wranx~

Duncan
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since 2001-08-07

Posts 5455

7 posted 2004-03-18 03:07 PM

If your characters aren't real, you sure make them feel like they are Ed. Enjoyed the read...

Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

8 posted 2004-03-18 03:09 PM

Paint me another Ed...p l e a s e

Wonderful works m'dear..as per usual.

M

Beauty of the world which is soon to perish has two edges, one of laughter and one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.
(by Virginia Woolf)

DavePage
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since 2003-12-21

Posts 2917

9 posted 2004-03-18 03:37 PM

The first check is whether you are alive, then your boots then your wallet

If 3 you are alive

If 2 the European Union has decreed recycling is mandatory

Dave

scorpio
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since 2002-10-02

Posts 5178
right...there

10 posted 2004-03-18 04:41 PM

Your vivid palette of words makes you an artist of no small talent. Enjoyed this very much.

believe in what your heart feels...

Sadelite
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since 2003-10-11

Posts 2519

11 posted 2004-03-18 06:41 PM

wranx,
penned with magic glaze; enjoyed!

Sadie

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