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Water Color Artist |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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Water Color Artist Known now where artist's passions rest I leaped the easel's stable nest Into the artist's paper rack Of purest white of paper stack For not does oil have the grace Of water color's perfect face And now I've learned where fire burns And passion in the artist churns It's on the purest page of white Where passions flow and warm the night Exquisite water color art Is captured in the artist's heart Before he takes the brush in hand He holds me close at his command And holds me not on table low But as to water's perfect flow And face to face with artist's eyes I saw the passion not of lies But only truth that pure love knows The vision of a crimson rose Then looked he long into my soul And studied long the bristle's goal And when his readied hand did rise The tears of love fell from his eyes They wet the page with splendid dew The perfect wet for water's hue He knew the moment was the right And took his brush to warm the night Before the tears could fairly dry He painted quick, not asked the why The love inside him now awoke And every stroke a perfect stroke For water color cannot hide A misplaced stroke, a subtle lie And did he paint upon the page His delicate hand the passion rage He gently painted velvet lines Of crimson petals well defined Then when the artist's hand was done He looked in awe at what he won A blushing rose upon the white A velvet bloom in candle light So perfect was the rose he bore He kept the rose forever more T'was just a dream the paper knows The water color artist's rose A dream I see within his eyes As well within my breath he cries And love is there, but yet he waits To open up the passion gates And wait I yet from age to age A trembling leaf, a roseless page Elizabeth Santos |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Elizabeth, It is true water color cannot hide, Misplaced strokes of subtle lie. For the paper must be damp or wet, Before the color can let or set. And when the background sets to dry, Then the finer strokes can ply. Love the poem. |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Sy, Water color artist please Paint a rose on waiting leaf Background dry and ready waits To open up the passion gates And layer yet as ready be Each layer caste a glow in me A velvet rose, a velvet blush A rose of love from artist brush Elizabeth |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Another magnificent one, Elizabeth!  ------------------ Denise |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Absolutely beautiful Elizabeth ------------------ Alis volat propriis (She flies with her own wings) |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
This one is definitely good for another lap...  |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Nan, Thank you for the rose and the dinosaur, too. Loved it! Elizabeth |
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cates Junior Member
since 1999-11-27
Posts 15 |
This rose is alive, on a blank page. Thanks |
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lostboy Member
since 1999-11-21
Posts 275New Hampshire, USA |
Wonderful work Elizabeth, but then again, all of yours is! |
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Justbleu Member Elite
since 1999-08-31
Posts 3329Oregon, Originally From Alaska :) |
This is a beautifully written piece!! Another perfect picture from words created right before my eyes!!! Bridgette ------------------ "It may take a boy to turn a girl's head, but it takes a man to turn a girl's heart." |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
I thought this rose was dead, Thank you all for reading and commenting Elizabeth |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Elizabeth, I love this poem it has stood the test It is to me, of the very best. *L* |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
I continue to sit here and marvel at how easy you make it look....again. |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
I smell the fragrance of the rose, brought to canvas by the artist's brush. Gently stroked to life, with gentle verse, by the poet's touch. A true Crimson Rose of Beauty. ------------------ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Sy, In simple words a compliment A long to savor condiment From you, this means a lot Elizabeth Balladeer, It is quite easy, that is true Go back and read those written by you Thanks, Elizabeth Marge, You have a lovely way with words Most beatiful compliment I've heard Thank you, Elizabeth |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
Wow!...As lovely as the rose.. HUGS ------------------ There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it... |
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