The Picture Painted In Words Poem by Susan Williams
The Picture Painted In Words
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it's a time-worn photograph
sitting on the mantel
gathering dust....
fading away...
it's like an oil painting
except painted in black-and-white words
etched into lines of the old faces
and captured forever in the hopeful eyes of the young
the dusty picture from a long long time ago
sitting forgotten on the mantel
whispering its stories to the empty room
singing softly its songs of love and life into the night
yearning always yearning
yearning for someone to know these people lived
yearning for someone to care
a picture deserted and despairing
maybe I should take that portrait with me
no one is reading the picture painted in words
that was my life.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ © 2019 Susan Williams
Why, thank you kindly, Jane, for the sweetness of your comment! ! ! !
Read this great poem again and had to say that " The Picture Painted In Words" is so well written and so deeply felt that now looking at an old picture will never be the same. You have marvelously and poetically changed our perspective forever. This poem a truly touching work of art. You are definitely a great artist of words and feelings
I am revisiting this poem ---You take me to the old photographs that speak so many stories ---People captured, people loved, people disappeared---Happy days, memorable days, ----so many---
Old pictures always fascinate me, and this poem is hauntingly beautiful.
Stuart Munro====I like the point you made so may you always find something in my poems that give rise to enjoyment in you
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/19/2024 10:14:57 PM # 1.0.0.1119
The new worn photograph sitting is panted in poetic mind. After reading this poem we feel truly glad. We hear the song of love and life. We expect the beauty of expression. Reading and painting the picture of life is definitely very nice. An excellent poem is nicely penned....10.
Kumarmani, you have encouraged me so often to try harder and I think I have strengthened my wings since joining this fine group of writers! ! ! thank you for the props! ! !