Reacting

REACTING

The pencil tickles the model's ear!
Surely that is rather queer.
How odd it would be if a work of art
Could play such a very reactive part!
I like the idea, and the artist's skill.
I'd like to draw but I never will.
But how I admire the work I see
When I am 'surfing' constantly!
(Not surfing the waves, you understand!
I am addicted to dry land!)
The expression here is quite endearing.......
He isn't wincing, shuddering, sneering;
He's very clearly 'tickled pink'.
 I would be too. What do you think?
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Beverly @How Sweet The Sound

THE IMAGE

We carry images in our minds,

Predetermined perceptions;

Pictures formed we know not where

From various connections.

Africa...... those little huts

And an awful lot of sand;

Sweden, always crisp and cool,

With fir trees on every hand.

England...... little cottages

And twisty country lanes.

Egypt...... all those Pharaohs

And their opulent remains.

Yet I have travelled widely

And I know there is much more;

There are all those boring bits

We don't count in the score.

And there are things that just leap out 

And take us by surprise;

And oddities that show themselves

Right before our eyes.

However, the old images

I've carried in my brain,

Are still as lively as before

And that's how they'll remain.

And here we see America

As I hold it in my mind;

A scene that's the epitome

Of all I'd expect to find

If I were just transported

To some pleasant average town,

And I were left to view the place

By wandering up and down.

This is exactly the picture.....

That I'd expect to see;

Forget New York and Disneyland

This is America for me.

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