The Canvas Poem by Aufie Zophy

The Canvas

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I want the new canvas of the day to look good
and thus I start with a loving, grateful mood:
with strokes of colour, soft and sweet pastel
I long to make a superb and pleasing aquarelle.

The heart, a good intention, adds a few red flowers
But oh what happens after only two or three hours?
The greed of my ego causing here and there some torment
Splashing on the painting hideous grey color of cement

I hope and pray that when I look tonight
I ‘ll have made the artwork look perfectly right
Perhaps looking like the most amazing flowery forest
Filled with acts of kindness, love and zest

Oh my Creator, full of grace, to you I pray
Guide me to make a masterpiece on the canvas of today.
Free of all harshness and splashes of hard concrete
Just pleasure, beauty, harmony, for the eye to meet.

Saturday, January 26, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: beauty,day,love
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
this is the rhyming version for the idea, originally expressed in my poem, palette for the day, which is written in free verse
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Aniruddha Pathak 27 February 2019

A lovely piece this too. But the original without rhymes has a natural force. But this could be subjective.

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C F 21 February 2019

Much more message is in this poem than first meets the eye. Very profound way of saying we need to be always conscious of what we do and create, that we need plenty of moral guidance too. Well written, thanks for sharing.

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S.zaynab Kamoonpuri 12 February 2019

A wonderful poem words painted on canvas in a great noble way wow. Kudos for this artistic poetry. So nice to read from u again, Pleez do comment my newest poem too titled, 'when life was really child's play'

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Binayakumar Mohanty 01 February 2019

Nicely crafted poem.I loved reading.Composition with unique style.

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Mihaela Pirjol 01 February 2019

Wonderful metaphor and imagery used in this poem with a great moral! Loved reading this poetically written write!

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