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W3 Prompt #147: Wea’ve Written Weekly

I. The prompt poem:

‘but i’m not mistaken’, by Art Camenzind

don’t look to me as a role model
i’ve made a mistake or more
life can be bittersweet
sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet
trails can be cold and lonely
but know, i believe in you
and if i’m mistaken about you
then we can be mistaken together

II. Artie’s prompt guidelines

FORM: Ghazal
THEME: Love (romantic, spiritual, agape, platonic, etc.)

Ghazal

Made up of a chain of couplets, where each couplet is an independent poem;
- It should be natural to put a comma at the end of the first line of each couplet;
The Ghazal has a refrain of one to three words that repeat, and an inline rhyme that precedes the refrain;
- Lines 1 and 2, then every second line, have this refrain and inline rhyme;
The last couplet should refer to the author’s name;
The rhyming scheme is AA bA cA dA eA etc.

Examples of ghazals

Ghazal for the sky by Mary Lee Hahn
Mono America by Courtenay Schembri Gray
A Sighing Ghazal by Sia Morweng
Looking at Mouse Vision by Murisopsis
David, or: ben Alexander by me

Ghazal: Profusely Polished My Provenance

For the months of sweetening their stay, copiously,
when they left, they thanked her profusely.

For stirring out the song from its branches,
does the wind thank the tree profusely?

When it rushes right through her middle,
does the sun thank the cloud profusely?

And, the hole in the bucket, what do you think?
Does the water thank the hole for the thrill, profusely?

Who was it that was made better by their presence
—come fully alive—like a vacant gem, profusely,

when their light passed right through her middle?
It’s Selma who thanks them for their light, profusely!

To view my intended featured image to go with the poem, please go to the MET, here:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/755524
(could not download, and I had my mind set on these Hollyhocks in the Sunshine for
this post).

A Note:

After my son, his wife, and newborn daughter departed from my home to return to theirs, I felt
as lovely and polished as those Hollyhocks in the Sunshine. They Profusely Polished My Provenance.

Title: Hollyhocks in the Sunshine
Artist: Laura Coombs Hills (American, 1859–1952)
Date: 1920s
Geography: Made in the United States
Culture: American
Medium: Pastel on paperboard

Dimensions: 21 in. × 14 3/4 in. (53.3 × 37.5 cm)
Mat: 28 × 22 in. (71.1 × 55.9 cm)
Frame: 30 1/2 × 24 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (77.5 × 62.2 × 2.9 cm)

Credit Line: Friends of the American Wing Fund, 2017
Object Number: 2017.244

Hollyhocks in the Sunshine

Laura Coombs Hills American
1920s

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 773

A native of Newburyport, Massachusetts, Hills began her career as an acclaimed painter
of miniature portraits on ivory. After 1920, and likely due to failing eyesight, she
shifted to floral still lifes, primarily produced with handmade pastel sticks she
purchased in France. She was celebrated for the fresh, modernist aesthetic she brought
to a subject traditionally associated with women artists. In this work, Hills employed
a vertical composition to emphasize the length of the hollyhock stems against verdant
foliage and blue sky. A rare example by Hills of flowers painted en plein air
(outdoors) rather than an indoor tabletop setting, “Hollyhocks in the Sunshine”
demonstrates her mastery of the pastel medium with its accomplished rendering of
brilliant sunlight flickering across the pink blooms.

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I’m a simple woman who dares to see the beauty in ordinary. I’d love to connect with you and like pen pals, I want something beautiful to blossom between us. Will you join me? Selma is my middle name. Its meaning—peaceful, complete, are euphoric affirmations I like to think of myself as having. They compliment the joy I feel when I write. I sincerely hope you decide to join me on my writing journey. I Wish You Miracles.