She walked out of showers like they were tropical waterfalls,
her skin a-shimmer with diamonds,
sun snogged not just sun kissed
and hair in thick pomegranate ropes
that she would only let me touch once a blue moon,
when her lips were curled like sickles
and parted, soft, pliant,
then I could curl those ropes around my wrist
and capture a sunset.
Sylvia Chan – “New Beginning”
“Sylvia is an Ontario Certified Teacher who creates opportunities for people to get in touch with their inner ‘artist’ and inspires youth to make a difference in the community by use of their creativity and imagination.” ~About Sylvia Chan Art~
sylviachanart.com
Tonight’s Tuesday poetics has offered up an array of artwork for the pub’s patrons that use for inspiration. I picked Sylvia Chan’s piece as it was the only one that sparked an idea straight away.
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Published by Carol J Forrester
Carol J Forrester is a writer and a history geek. Her debut collection 'It's All In The Blood' came out November 2019.
She has a 2:1 BA degree in history from Bath Spa University, enjoys judo at least twice a week, and tries to attend poetry events around the Midlands when she can.
Her flash fiction story ‘Glorious Silence’ was named as River Ram Press’ short story of the month for August 2014 and her short story ‘A Visit From The Fortune Teller’ has been showcased on the literary site Ink Pantry. Her poems ‘Sunsets’ and ‘Clear Out‘ were featured on Eyes Plus Words, and two of her poems were included in the DVerse Poets Pub Publication ‘Chiaroscuro’ which is available for purchase on amazon.Her poem ‘Until The Light Gets In‘ was accepted and published at The Drabble and her poem ‘Newborn’ was published by Ink Sweat & Tears.
She has been lucky enough to write guest posts for sites such as Inky Tavern and Song of The Forlorn and has hosted a number of guest bloggers on her site Writing and Works.
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Love the image of that hair… you really captured her so well, with the same bright colors as the painting.
Capture me a sunset…Love the brushstrokes of the summer girl ~ Great choice of photo ~
Thank you. 🙂
I’d love to meet this girl and watch that sunset. Wonderful images!
This is just gorgeous, Carol. Who wouldn’t fall in love with her?
A lovely image wrapped in ropes of love, you have done well!
Thank you.
Well good heavens, this is HOTTTTT! I am seriously impressed. Yum, yum, yum. 🙂
I especially like these:
“hair in thick pomegranate ropes”
“her lips were curled like sickles”
“then I could curl those ropes around my wrist
and capture a sunset” … Absolutely breathtaking, in the most delicious way.
Thank you. I did wonder if it was a bit too saucy in places but I decided just to go with it.
Beautiful….capturing a sunset means it (she) is imprinted on your soul.
The painting does justice to the poetry.
summer exuberance so delightfully captured…
Thank you. 🙂
Glorious
I love the “sun snogged” and “hair in thick pomegranate ropes” — this is a woman to be reckoned with. Lips curled like sickles makes me wary….but she is delectable!
Gorgeous imagery…and I like the “sauciness”!
This piece spoke ‘joy’ to me too 🙂 I love your idea of this summer girl and capturing a sunset!
Great imagery! Your words befit the artwork.
Thank you. That’s great to hear. It’s such a fantastic piece.
Whoo! This is smokin’ hot! Your words fit the image perfectly 🙂 Love the imagery.
Thank you. I’m glad you think so.