Charmed Chaos
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A Sluggish Summer Breeze
Silver spanish moss hangs low, dressing the mighty Oak
with a lace tatting hem for emerald green leaves
that hold fast in the sluggish summer breeze
The walled garden is stifling this time of year,
the sweltering air heavy as granite stone,
Emerging cicadas sing from high in the trees
from afar, lonely cries of ravens yearn for home
An ancient copper urn with a patina of verdigris
wears a bonnet of bright white trailing petunias
two wrought iron chairs adorned with peacocks
offer a place for rest, to contemplate and dream
as you lick tiny rivulets of strawberry ice cream
©2021 Linda Lee Lyberg
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My goodness. Such exotic colors in this. Silver, peacock, bronze with a patina of verdigris. One almost misses the bonnet of white tucked in there. And ended with another color – strawberry. Licking strawberry ice cream adds the final grace note to this.
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Thank you kindly Toni!
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Beautifully descriptive! Your poem took me back to my roots in the low country of South Carolina 🙂
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Thank you so much!
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Oh, I love this. You’ve written it with southern charm and delicate poetry. The scene comes alive in your color descriptions. I took the photo at Afton Villa Gardens in St Francisville, Louisiana. Thank you so much for taking part in the prompt.
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Thank you so much Susie. I wondered where it was from. I love the photo!
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What a wonderfully inviting scene you have painted here Linda… plus strawberry ice cream! WOW! Really liked this… 🙂
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Thank you Rob.
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You colored it well, Linda. Very pretty, both in colors and in verse.
Mrs. Jim has a cousin buried at the Louisiana National Cemetery there at St. Francisville. We both went to the funeral.
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Thank you Jim. Louisiana is a beautiful state.
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My goodness such vivid and beautiful use of colour in this one, Linda!💖 You brought the image to life! Especially love; “two wrought iron chairs adorned with peacocks.” 🙂
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Thank you Sanaa!❤️
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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I’ve spent a day just like this a few summers ago in Charleston… sigh
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Ah. Thank you Margaret.
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