In Tandem #7 ~ Butter Cream
This week, while reading through the fantastic linkup at dVersePoets Pub, I came upon a most uplifting write. I was, of course, compelled to say so, and met a lovely lass who refers to herself as Jinksy, and guess what? The same wonderful image is available for all of us to write to at her blog InTandem. After my rather dark OpenLinkNight offering, I was in need of some light, and by george, I think I've got it. So, despite a busy schedule with articles to write and poetry to review, I'm taking a break, and enjoying this wonderful prompt. Oh...you know what? You've got all week if you care to join me :)
Butter Cream
If life could be as simple
as a watercolor
bleeding through
a poorly stretched canvass
with untrained brushes
lead by untrained hands
but still beauty is what you find
despite errors
and no direction
If life could be as simple
as a birthday cake
too long in the oven
smothered in butter cream
whipped smooth and scalloped
about confetti edges
If life could be as simple
as rain on a summer afternoon
when plans were made for sunshine
but the scent entices
a smile
despite the interruption
If life could be as simple
as the poet with no muse
who still manages to weave
through words, a promise
to always lick the knife clean,
manners be damned
when its butter cream.
Doesn't this image just make you feel better! :)
Butter Cream
If life could be as simple
as a watercolor
bleeding through
a poorly stretched canvass
with untrained brushes
lead by untrained hands
but still beauty is what you find
despite errors
and no direction
If life could be as simple
as a birthday cake
too long in the oven
smothered in butter cream
whipped smooth and scalloped
about confetti edges
If life could be as simple
as rain on a summer afternoon
when plans were made for sunshine
but the scent entices
a smile
despite the interruption
If life could be as simple
as the poet with no muse
who still manages to weave
through words, a promise
to always lick the knife clean,
manners be damned
when its butter cream.
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| Image compliments of Jinksy and InTandem #7 |
Comments
This just won't do..hahaha
Very fun write
The rhymes were tight
But butter cream sounds as appetizing as glue
Guess that's just more for you
And that is a face it fact
As you fly around with your busy bee act..haha
but still beauty is what you find
despite errors
and no direction
a smile
despite the interruption"
This is what gets us through life. Beautiful piece.
~laurie kolp
where love (and buttercream)
cures all ailments.
I loved this!
"watercolor...
poorly stretched canvass
with untrained brushes
lead by untrained hands..."
LOVE IT!
~deb
as the poet with no muse
who still manages to weave
through words, a promise
to always lick the knife clean,
manners be damned
when its butter cream...
...indeed...yummy piece of writing :-)