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when my head
takes a walk on
my heart
and the right words
cease to roll
off my tongue
i put down the pen
pick out some paint
and a brush
and listen
as the four walls talk


Of Vienna Sunsets
Montana Skies
The Golden Prairie Harvest
of 1975
Parisian Rain
Barcelona Nights
and that 
Deepest, Truest Yellow
looks awfully green
in Evening Light
Firetruck Red
takes a coat 
or three of prime
or Banana Whisper
will Scream Orange
every time
walls speak with
Dutch Boy accents
in colorful metaphors
they'll Meet You At The Corner
and they'll hug you by the door
take you to Mystic Mountain
bring you Seashells By The Shore
is this all a Daydream
or am i as high as
Kansas Corn




Rene ~ August 2011

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  1. Brian MillerAugust 16, 2011 at 4:27 PM

    either way its rather nice...but one will give you a nasty headache in the morning...

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  2. UnknownAugust 16, 2011 at 4:35 PM

    Brian..no actual paint fumes were inhaled during the writing of this Magpie

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  3. Everyday GoddessAugust 16, 2011 at 6:13 PM

    the colors you conjure up are dreamy, i lost my focus just contemplating them!

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  4. TrellissimoAugust 17, 2011 at 12:45 AM

    You've painted all your colours in my mind most beautifully. Thank you.

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  5. MarianAugust 17, 2011 at 8:04 AM

    wish i had that loveliness to fall back on. :)

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  6. PearlAugust 17, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    We should all be so fumigated...

    As the owner of two brightly painted duplexes (white walls? Me?!), I'm diggin' this on several levels.

    And yes. Primer is our friend.

    Pearl

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  7. ♥ BrajaAugust 17, 2011 at 10:59 AM

    Can we all get together and inhale? Brian, you, Pearl, and me.....ahhhh those were the days....

    What?

    No, the people, not paint sniffing....

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  8. HelenaAugust 17, 2011 at 11:18 AM

    Sweet with lots of colourful wiffs, too! Vienna Sunsets sounds so romantic......!

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  9. HelenAugust 17, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    Color Rene lovely ....

    the smell of paint made me sick during my childhood .. I was always sent to my grandparents whenever a painting project loomed.

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  10. Doctor FTSEAugust 17, 2011 at 2:39 PM

    I love the bathos in the last line, after the panoply of colours. I guess paint fumes could be psychedelic.

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  11. hyperCRYPTICalAugust 17, 2011 at 4:22 PM

    The wonderful fumes - love them and the painted picture(s) they hold.

    Anna :o]

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  12. Irish GumboAugust 17, 2011 at 8:17 PM

    I liked this, but for reasons unknown to me the line "interior latex histories" made me shudder.

    Go figure.

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  13. UnknownAugust 17, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    yeah, IG...I don't care much for it either. I figured I'd live with it for a while but the more I look at it the more I don't like it. And some of the rhymes are cringey.This poem is like paint...I'll just cover it over and put up something else...I'm just too lazy right now.

    Go figure.

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  14. UnknownAugust 17, 2011 at 8:41 PM

    semi-high gloss v.2...go!

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  15. Irish GumboAugust 17, 2011 at 9:11 PM

    Splendid! Love the Seashells By The Sea revision. Much brighter than before.

    Although I suppose that 'latex' line could work in a piece of much different mood.

    And? I admire how you boldly go back and change it up. Courage, lass!

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  16. Alyson | New England LivingAugust 17, 2011 at 9:46 PM

    I love your way with words! Such imagery! Maybe now that I live in NH too, I'll be able to hear some of these flowery words in person.

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  17. UnknownAugust 17, 2011 at 10:00 PM

    thanks for the encouragement, IG...I'm always open to suggestions on any of my writing.
    Sometimes I gets stuck, y'know.

    Alyson! Definitely. We will have to arrange something!

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  18. Erratic ThoughtsAugust 18, 2011 at 7:54 AM

    Oooh!I loved your poem...especially the first few lines...:)

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  19. UnknownAugust 18, 2011 at 10:43 AM

    Thank you all for your comments! Don't you think the names paint manufacturers give their products are poetry? I wonder what goes into naming paint.

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  20. Tess KincaidAugust 19, 2011 at 4:04 PM

    Banana Whisper! Kansas Corn! ))

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  21. LeslieAugust 21, 2011 at 12:48 AM

    I've always wanted to name paint...or lipstick...or fingernail polish.

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  22. Michael A. WellsAugust 22, 2011 at 9:16 AM

    Rene - love the direction you took with this and the opening stanza hooked me from the start.

    Great Write!

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  23. Sharon RoseAugust 22, 2011 at 6:33 PM

    Nice rhythm and rhyme to this one!

    I love the way words flow here.

    Now, where is that paint can?

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  24. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2011 at 10:26 PM

    I really like this one.

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  25. jenny_oSeptember 6, 2011 at 10:27 PM

    and apparently forgot to give my name...

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