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...The Woman's Portrait...
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...The Woman's Portrait... |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. 
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 The woman's portrait which took all day does not show perhaps the exact line of light entering at the precise time, the living room-studio in which she stood for two hours, unnaturally still. There is about all this the hungering for attention, or an unexpectedly occurring event she wills it against reason a line of pictures streamed through her mind as the artist gets ready then parades herself proudly in a child's smile...{an amber ring discarded} a fading insistence of white flowers in shadow. She turns to capture the best angle… the light is dimming changing. |
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Goldenrose Member Elite
since 2003-05-30
Posts 3665 |
Just lovely writing here..and the picture beautiful..thank you.. Goldenrose. Desire for nothing except desirelessness,hope for nothing except to rise above all hopes, want nothing and you will have everything.avatar Meher Baba. |
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Rex Allen McCoy Member Elite
since 2000-01-30
Posts 2863Sippin a Timmy's in London |
Always an interesting read Nancy ... does anyone really capture the moment with a photograph? You do it better, with words |
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Nightshade 
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Yes.....how wonderful is this?!! Going to be a new favourite for me. nodding in understand luv & miss ya !! Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Enchantress~ You word-framed the painting with exquisite beauty~ *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*No matter what I search for ... |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Enchantress, All this and heaven too.  |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
The fascination of art ... yours in association with the picture ... So well rendered. Absolutely beautiful. Love and hugs. Margherita  |
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Greeneyes 
since 2000-09-09
Posts 9903In Your Poetic Mind |
hey pretty lady, this is just beautiful.....hugsss you |
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darkling Member
since 2001-08-28
Posts 90altered state of mind |
The warmth of the picture is brought out in the softness, the quietness of the words. I love the secondary thought of "an amber ring discarded." how it is almost whispered. Beautiful read. |
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bslicker
since 2000-12-04
Posts 2321state of mind |
wonderful simply wonderful bernie A smile a day keeps the world in smile's. |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
NancyLee, I really enjoy the way you see things.....and write them! ....jo |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
The portrait you painted with your words surpasses the portrait painted by the artist's paint brush. Linda |
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scorpio Member Ascendant
since 2002-10-02
Posts 5178right...there |
A striking write Tinker. Your words create a story behind the picture. Beautifully written. You paint so well with words. believe in what your heart feels... |
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StevenS Senior Member
since 2005-09-21
Posts 945L. A. (Lower Alabama) |
Enchantress, many an artist would love to see as you see. Beautiful with a touch of elegance, and a shade of mystery! |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Nancy.....lovely word art, as always! |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Philip~Thank you so very much for your kind comments. Hugs. Rex~So good to see you again! Sending hugs up the 401 at ya! I don't know of too many who are able to capture that perfect picture. Hugs and thank you. Chris~Thank you little sister..for your reply and understanding. Hugs and miss ya too! Marge~Thank you m'friend...I so much appreciate your replies. Hugs. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Seymour~Yes..all this and Heaven too. Mega hugs to you. Margherita~I so much welcome your reply. Thank you so much. Hugs. Lauren~And, a big hello to you too! Hugging you back sweet lady. darkling~I am so pleased you mentioned the discarded amber ring...it was an after-thought to add a few questions to the piece. Hugs! Bernie~Thank you for the 'simply wonderful'! It is appreciated. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Jo~Your reply is so much appreciated. Hugs. Linda~You are just SO endearing. Hugs YOU! Scorpio~You are so kind to me..I thank you. Hugs and luv ya. *I'm terrible with a paint brush though*  Steven~I'm pleased you enjoyed this piece. A touch of mystery at times is the right ingredient. Hugs.Martie~Dear one...if only I could write like you...if only. Thank you for taking the time to read and reply. Big Hugs. |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
Of course, by the time I get here all the good words are taken. That is such an arresting photograph, and your words are matchless. Hugs, Ken Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Ken~A comment from you...is truly appreciated. Big hugs to you m'friend. |
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Waterfall27 Member
since 2005-06-24
Posts 98Ontario , Canada |
lovely write |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Christine~Thank you for stopping by, reading and commenting. Hugs. |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Oh, I do like this one, Nancy How it comes around full circle, giving full credit to artist and subject by close and careful examination...and yet the artist and subject have become much more than the sum of their parts, that is to say that it is by poetry that the painter and model, considered one plus one in arithmetic terms adds to many more than two when the scene is put to poetry, especially by the hand of one so polished in wordcraft. The woman has stood in the same place for two hours, and the light and shadow have changed...But, perhaps more importantly, so has she , and also the artist..her standing was "unnaturally still" exactly, but in reality her body was moving constantly, changing like the light. "There is about all this the hungering for attention" Indeed so, a hungering for attention, in both the artist and subject...a very important part of this poem, well stated. "(she) parades herself proudly in a child's smile...{an amber ring discarded} a fading insistence of white flowers in shadow." Yes, she does. So here we have an exposition of human vanity, the desire to remain youthful ...parading, proudly around with a child's smile... Also giving in to odd social value...the thought that things virginal are of higher value than things not...a giving in to juvenile, masculine thought perhaps. ..."{an amber ring discarded}" she is not married Do the white flowers signify virginity? "She turns to capture the best angle… the light is dimming changing." There it is, that most important demonstration of the poets art, the full circle, in the last stanza- The connection to root... There is much more to these words than meets the eye, more that what image meets the painters eye, or the eye of the model... These words explain what meets the poets eye, and to me, are much more important, and profound than the rest of the trinity... The beauty of the subject will fade, as will overtime, the painter and his canvas.. But the poets words are immortal. Thank you, Nancy, as you can tell, I enjoyed this poem... -----------------ice ><> |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Wow! Ford thank you so much for your insightfulness! One quick note..the discarded amber ring. Perhaps she is married but does not want anyone or someone to notice the ring in the portrait, therefore removes it? I appreciate your thoughts SO much. Hugs~Nancy |
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Thomas119gold Senior Member
since 2002-06-03
Posts 708Biloxi, MS (city by the sea) |
Beautiful Two thumbs up |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Thomas~I thank you for your time and 'thumbs up' very much. Hope all is getting back to normal in Biloxi. Hugs |
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