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'Study in Blue'

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Published by Silver Spun Sand on August 16, 2011 - 11:19
from the ABC set Silver Spun Sand Poems

It sizzles in Soho tonight...
and I am the strip joints,

the taxis and the tourists...
the kerb-crawler and the pigs,

the bouncers, and the pimps...
And the hand-job girls

are already on the take;
wet pavements are steaming.

Yet, right this minute, nothing
can come between me

and this plate of soggy chips...
my sketch-pad and pencil,

and the sweet sting of rain
on her naked shoulder.

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Comments

Prettyrose | August 16, 2011 - 14:54

Hi Silver Spun Sand :) I hope you are well.

I enjoyed this thanks and well done.

Keep Writing
Keep Smiling :)

skinner_jennifer | August 16, 2011 - 15:54

Hi Tina,

I had to think about this connection between the
title and the poem, I'm so naive, but now I have
it! I think it's brilliant.

Really original.

Jenny.

Silver Spun Sand | August 16, 2011 - 16:40

Thanks, Prettyrose;-)

Tina

Silver Spun Sand | August 16, 2011 - 16:43

Hello there, Jenny;-) As for the title, it was inspired by Henri Matisse's 'Study in Blue'. A truly beautiful painting of the female form.

Pleased you enjoyed and many thanks for commenting. Speaking of 'original' I wouldn't mind having the the original painting...me and at least ten million others, I shouldn't wonder;-)

Tina

Highhat | August 16, 2011 - 17:06

I know the painting you mean Tina. I liked this too- very atmospheric

;)Pia

seashore | August 16, 2011 - 17:56

Wonderful.

Silver Spun Sand | August 16, 2011 - 19:07

Yes, it is, isn't it Pia? Once seen, never forgotten, most certainly.

Tina;-)

maggyvaneijk | August 17, 2011 - 09:26

This piece reads like a painting itself, I could imagine all the details you describe. Will take a trip to Google for 'Study in Blue'

Silver Spun Sand | August 17, 2011 - 09:56

Thanks, maggy;-) Good luck on the Googling, and I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Tina

Silver Spun Sand | August 17, 2011 - 11:50

Coral, many thanks;-)

Tina

mycall | July 12, 2012 - 16:42

Mike

mycall | July 12, 2012 - 16:48

Hi Tina, really like this. Love the feeling of being immersed in your surroundings. 'the sweet sting of rain on her naked shoulder' only an artist would get a sense of that image. The whole thing is, strangely, quite beautiful I think. Mike

Silver Spun Sand | July 12, 2012 - 18:56

Mike, I thank you, so very much;-)

Tina