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Posted by: Psyche Sep 16 16, 02:35

Hello to all poets and writers!

MM invites you to write a poem in any form or FV, inspired by this painting. Short stories are highly welcome.

This is a "no strings attached" challenge. You may write whatever you please, allow your imagination to fly!

Best of luck and enjoy!
MM

Posted by: Peterpan Sep 16 16, 05:52

WOW, What a great painting!
Bev

Posted by: Larry Sep 18 16, 23:21

This is the first of four answers to the "Painting Challenge". Tomorrow's Seeds - A Sonnet is followed by three less serious forms after this post. Syl, would you be so kind as to put the picture with each post?

Larry

Tomorrow’s Seeds

Each curve, an invitation to appease
some hunger deep within. The epicure
may see a flower’s fruit that’s sure to please
the palette but the mind remains unsure.

Its alabaster flesh awaits the touch
of teeth and lips or eager tongue to taste
fruition’s flavors; ripening that such
a sweet delight may seldom go to waste.

But colors fade; their crowns of gold or red
will dissipate with age from pleasure’s light
and in time’s wake, an aftertaste of dread
will fill the mouth. Such is an artist’s plight

to capture precious moments with their eye
and gift tomorrows with those seeds which die.

Posted by: Larry Sep 18 16, 23:24

Posted by: Larry Sep 18 16, 23:25

Senryu

both are edible
but the best parts lie hidden;
curved to fit your smile

Posted by: Larry Sep 18 16, 23:26

Adam’s Dilemma

a Limerick

Could it be both were forbidden fruit;
Eve and apples? The question is moot
for when having to choose
he had nothing to lose;
knowledge isn’t what makes you astute.

Posted by: Psyche Sep 19 16, 17:07

Hi Bev,
Thanks for the visit! I wish you'd come around more often.

And yes, it's a lovely painting. I've been unsuccessful trying to find the artist. I believe it's a close-up (a part) of a larger painting of the Three Graces. This would be one of them. Notice the apples, which often appear in their hands.
But the Graces were painted by Botticelli, Rafael and several other famous artists over time, right up to the 19th. Century.
I'll continue investigating.
Best, Syl

Posted by: Psyche Sep 20 16, 16:27

Wow, Larry, four answers to the painting challenge!

Of course, the sonnet is my favorite, but limericks remind me of my father, who was Scottish but still enjoyed them. I just read a book about the people in the town of Limerick, Ireland, during the 19th. Century. What tremendous suffering they went through... famines, child and female labour in the mines, harsh treatment, etc.
Well, people in Bolivia were treated in the same fashion. That's what Che Guevara observed. It marked him forever, but he was betrayed by Fidel Castro, as well as the bolivian military aided by the CIA. It all went wrong for him.

Things have changed a lot in Bolivia, under Evo Morales. Most people were horrified at first, but he's led the country back to prosperity and growth. He's an indigenous man, same as Correa in Ecuador.

I wonder whether you would be willing to move your sonnet and nonet to Plato's? For more people to enjoy. Nobody seems to come "down here" nowadays.

Just let me know where to upload the painting.

I wanted to ask some questions about your nonet, but my daughter is fetching me in a few minutes. Must rush!

Best,
Syl

Posted by: Larry Sep 20 16, 21:25

Hi Syl,

I've posted, as per your request, both the Sonnet and the Nonet in Plato's. With the paucity of participation in all of MM, I feel the move might be an exercise in futility but who knows.

Larry

Posted by: Cleo_Serapis Oct 3 16, 15:10

Larry - I love all your poems, and the sonnet is my fav!

Enjoyed the read!

~Cleo

Posted by: Larry Oct 5 16, 13:32

Hello again Lori,

I figured that since no one else is participating in the challenges these days, I would try a few different pieces to express my thoughts on the painting.

I looked for the artist on line for a while but could find nothing that told me when or where or by whom it was painted. It must be a recent (within the last century) because of the pierced ear rings and the bracelet the girl is wearing.

I guess that will remain a mystery.

Hope you are doing great.

Larry