I know of a lady in white
with a mouth full of promises,
spreading a nocturnal path of flowers,
like a longed kiss above the eye,
a lady that slips in my chest,
within the small rim of my fist,
a sniff so wild, a mouth that dwells on mountains moist.
a lady with a potato peel,
with cardigans and wool on her mahogany table,
entangled like dust in her bun,
mouth covered with layers of smiles and powder,
a moment of purple sanity,
a lady in white that lives in a suburban city,
with marigolds just in her eyes.
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Huh. Thanks.
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Welcome 🙂
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Incomprehensible…
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Oh, really? No worry. It is subjective.
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I think it is my fault.. My iq nt high enough to understand it 😂
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Lovely imagery!
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Thank you.:)
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You are welcome; its not easy to create a complete image and feeling in two lines of verse!
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I agree. I feel that too.:)
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Wow! Your support means a lot.:)
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Superlative! Your mastery of language and choice of imagery is wonderfully dreamlike! Great work!
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I am so humbled to hear such a great remark.Thank you!
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It’s beautiful and the storytelling is on point. The last line is a nice vintage touch. Great work. 🏆👏🏽🥰
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I love to draw vintage perspective in my poetry
Thank you.
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Love the line “a moment of purple sanity” Great work!
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Means a lot. Thank you.
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Excellent poem 👍🤝
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Thank you kindly.
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Very nice and beautiful 👍🏻👍🏻
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Thank you love!!
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Great poem Devika. I love how the ethereal imagery of the opening makes way for more grounded and everyday detail. And then in the last line, the ‘marigolds in her eyes’ just hints at the beginning again.
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Thankyou. For noticing all the important details. Means a lot.:)
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Brilliant and beautiful as always!!
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🙏🙏
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Marigolds in her eyes … a line I wish that I had composed. Good work.
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Hey, thank you so much.:)
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😍😊
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The lady with cardigans and wool on her mahogany table conjures up such a picture of this person. I can see her. And the bun, too. I feel I have met ladies like this in the past. I wonder was she always like this or is it what she has become with age? I feel a bit like her lately lol. A lovely porm Devika
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Wow! Well written 👌
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Thank you!!
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