The easel blank,
muse in deep reflection,
emotions tumbling
into quivering hands.
The soul stirs as fires ignite
onto the canvas,
an explosion of pigments appear.
Slowly the soul escapes
through fingers of raw emotion
and the brush becomes the tool
of self expression.
Colors combine
in a flurry of strokes,
form begins to appear
and the artist becomes
the critic.
Is the soul excited?
a connection between
ethereal and substance achieved?
Caressing canvas
displaying inner peace or turmoil,
the harshest judge,
the artist.
Yet with fervent feeling
and soul laid bare,
maestro awaits
critique.
Author notes
Prompt - "the artist paints his soul on canvas!"
In a list
A contest entry
- A Painter's Brush! by Ted E Bare.
300 points, ended May 22, 2008, 25 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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"Slowly the soul escapes
through fingers of raw emotion
and the brush becomes the tool
of self expression." - This is just lovely!
You've painted a picture with your words here, I could vividly imagine/see the artist here, painting their soul onto the canvas. Nice work!
--Again, I am dissapointed to see no comment from the host of this contest... This is an amazing write - People need to appreciate their entrants...
Much Love, Amber
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Thank you Amber and I totally agree. *Sigh*Oh well
Thank you so much for reading, your wonderful comments and applause. They are very much appreciated
Gaylene
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You have really captured the essence of the quote here I think. It so, says it all.
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Excellent
Very creative and well done. Best of luck in the contest.
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Another beautiful piece, it takes someone with an inner artist to know exactly how this piece would go and you have captured it to perfection, beautifully penned, goodluck in the contest
Karen
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this is powerfully inspired from the prompt and it captures alot with your words that paints the image yet blankness aswell.well done gran
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