A Portrait of the Sea 05/10/2014 by adeeyoyo 6 Comments . Capturing colour with light and shade, Shining translucent as lemonade, Swells as high as the heavens above And valleys as deep as a castle keep, We squeeze the paint from the toothpaste tube To brighten her smile on this sunny day, Trimming blues or turquoise and even green Thus giving it all a luminous sheen. . ©Denise G Allen, 05 October 2014 14:24 Rate this:Share this:TwitterFacebookEmailPrintLinkedInPocketLike Loading... Related Author: adeeyoyo I am a middle-aged South African woman, living in Johannesburg. I began writing poetry towards the end of May 2010. I love animals – sometimes more than people! I am back after a break. Thanks for still being here, if you are! Missed you! xxx
05/10/2014 at 3:03 pm
Very clever.. squeeze the paint from the toothpaste tube to brighten her smile.
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06/10/2014 at 6:16 am
Thanks Jeannie; some things just pop into my head!
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05/10/2014 at 11:17 pm
I like the rhyming in bows and stern!
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06/10/2014 at 6:17 am
Thank you Col. Maybe next time I should save myself the trouble and just leave out the middle!
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07/10/2014 at 12:31 am
ah try as we might to capture her…our pictures never quite do it justice…i would love to be by the shore….
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07/10/2014 at 7:53 am
Yes… I miss living near the sea.
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