'Study in Blue'

By Silver Spun Sand

Tue, 16 Aug 2011
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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.

Certificate 15
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Silver Spun Sand Poems
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Comments

Submitted by prettyrose on
Hi Silver Spun Sand :) I hope you are well. I enjoyed this thanks and well done. Keep Writing Keep Smiling :)

smiley Keep Smiling

Keep Writing xxx

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Thanks, Prettyrose;-) Tina

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on
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.

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
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

 

Submitted by Highhat on
I know the painting you mean Tina. I liked this too- very atmospheric ;)Pia

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Yes, it is, isn't it Pia? Once seen, never forgotten, most certainly. Tina;-)

 

Submitted by seashore on
Wonderful.

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Coral, many thanks;-) Tina

 

Submitted by maggyvaneijk on
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'

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Thanks, maggy;-) Good luck on the Googling, and I don't think you'll be disappointed. Tina

 

Submitted by mycall on
Mike

Mike

Submitted by mycall on
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

Mike

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Mike, I thank you, so very much;-) Tina