Take Heed!

                                                                  Klimt

POETRY PICNIC 
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chose the painting


TAKE HEED!

Take heed, all you salacious ones, pornographers take heed!

Here is sex triumphant, without doubt.

Here is represented the essence of 'the act'

But it murmurs; it doesn't need to shout.

This was painted by a man, yet it captures with such ease,

The way the female feels about romance.

No crudity, no over-kill, no 'in-yer-face' approach.

There is no leer; it's tender as a glance.

We know there are raunchy women, who tend to think like men,

Who like to be 'out-there' and having 'fun'.

'Good luck to them', I say, but there are many, many  more

Who prefer the woman to be wooed and won.

This painting's called 'The Kiss'  but it's so much more than that;

It stirs, inside us all, some ancient need.

'Romance' is a flowery flimsy thing that some may disregard.

But, for a joyful love-life,  just take heed!

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HIGH SAILING

Glass above and sails below

Shadow and sun combining.

Gentle movement, soft and slow

And a bright sun shining.

We were in Perth away to the west;

This was a bright Casino,

But we were happily having a rest

And drinking a Cappuccino.

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