hats and veils flee
unable to conceal
red-hot authenticity
buzzing brains
crowd runways
ready to fly
transmute moulds
into flying gear
Hold judgment
watch magic unfold
your world’s set to change
by a yet unseen range
talent blooms from
long-suppressed rage
individuality is finally
coming of age
Image Credit:
Georgia O’Keeffe, Three Women (1918), watercolour and graphite on paper, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, gift of Gerald & Kathleen Peters
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Great poem, Reena!
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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Thanks again, Yvette!
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I love how you saw the contrasts in the painting.
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Yes. I imagined travel-cases, and the difference between black and is striking.
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reena, i love the voice that you gave to this painting. i see nuns when looking at the painting, and then you use the words “hats and veils” and “flying gear” which bring it even more alive for me … in so many ways!
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Nuns or those who don abayas are constrained in some way. I’m sure there are moments when they yearn to be free.
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Such an interesting take on the painting. Bravo, Reena!
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Thank you so much, Elizabeth!
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That is so powerful Reena! I love it! 🙏🤩
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Thank you, Carol!
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I love the perspective and the breaking free from oppression of those black clothes….
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True. Black blocks a lot of pain from public view.
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Women have the right to be free.
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Undoubtedly. But patriarchy has widespread support.
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Unfortunately, there are many parts of the world women don’t have that luxury
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Same pic and I managed one word from the list I think. Sheer duty made me put it there but it worked well. Loved your poem.
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Perfection. Especially love the closing stanza. Powerful.
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Thank you so much, Melissa!
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Loving what you did here with ‘Three Women’, Reena!
You used it diametrically opposite to how I used the same image – I wrote to the prompt words and then chose the pic afterwards, whereas you used the pic for your entire prompt.
And very well and rightly you released Georgia’s muse, her example for all of us to follow – if we dare!
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Oh, I missed out on the words entirely. Let me see if I can redo it or add another one. Thanks for drawing my attention to it!
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Not a ctiticism on my part … I genuinely love what you did! x
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I got that. But I’m inspired to try again.
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❤ <>
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