Tuesday, September 3, 2019

a bottle of summer


you prescribed me
walk by maple trees
slow dance by creek

look, the sun is holding
a ladle of soup
to ward off the blues

of autumn-
color the flowers
fiery red, marmalade gold- sum-

mer pulses, caught in your canvas-
scent of fresh geraniums 
with burn of your kiss


Artist:   Beverly Dyer


Posted for dVerse Poets Pub - Hosted by Michelle Beauchamp (Mish).  We are featuring the beautiful art work by Beverly Dyer.   Her sites:  https://artprescription.com/  
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22 comments:

  1. I love love such a prescription... best bottle to have is that last sip of summer to last us through the darkness to come.

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  2. I think you chose the brightest of the pictures, Grace, and you’ve captured the colours in your bottle of summer! That prescription would cure anything!

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  3. look, the sun is holding
    a ladle of soup
    to ward off the blues

    I just wish I'd written that. What a great image. Love this poem, I'm sure I've said it before, but you write like an artist painting.

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  4. a bottle of summer - I know you wish you could carry it around to take sips from during the winter. "scent of fresh geraniums with burn of your kiss"...what a lovely way to end this colorful poem.

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  5. I like your nature as medicine theme, perfectly in line with the mission of the artist. Such a pretty painting and such vivid descriptors, Grace.

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  6. Colors sure color the canvas as fall comes to be.

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  7. Nice last line associating a kiss with a burn.

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  8. Wish I could still walk by the maples and slow dance by the creek, but I can still savor autumn as you've bottled it. Great write!

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  9. I like how you brought in the sense of healing and the ending was a lovely surprise.

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  10. I like your prescription, I'd take a big dose of walking by maple trees and dancing by creek.

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  11. I really like this Grace!... A touch of summer to see us through the cold damp winter!

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  12. A rich word dance for a richly painted image.

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  13. Beautiful observations of the elements. Well crafted!

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  14. Wouldn't that be a wondrous prescription to have in a bottle? But at least we have poetry and paintings--and dreams. Lovely images you create!

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  15. "look, the sun is holding
    a ladle of soup
    to ward off the blues

    of autumn-"

    Love this!

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  16. A heady and aromatic poem; held together by the perfect title.

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  17. The sun holding a ladle of soup is an intriguing image!

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  18. That's a good recipe for any time of year.

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  19. I'm "in love" with your unique images, beginning with the title. And the whole idea of a prescription. Just perfect.

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  20. A prescription to warm the senses, for sure!

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  21. This is the sort of prescription we all need. And uplifting write. 😀

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  22. so well done, Grace, esp. the 2nd stanza ~

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