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| Collage created by Kerry O'Connor |
Let your face be a canvas
An ever-rising star
Radiant!
Make a bold statement
In black & white
You are unique
Born to express yourself
Trust in every new tomorrow
Discover the secret of Love
It’s your time to smile
Say goodbye & live well
A dream come true
I had to create something special for the final Music with Marian challenge in the Imaginary Garden. Thus I set upon an old magazine to find a poem amid the words.
Marian and I go back to before the inception of Real Toads. We met by total accident, or fate.. bumped into one another on the blogs and stuck together through thick and thin. Her blog runaway sentence is one of the first I discovered, when I was entirely new to the forum of online poetry publishing. It has remained true to Marian's vision and her writing is a constant source of inspiration to me personally, as well as to countless poets and fellow toads.
Thank you so much, sister-poet, for all and everything you are.
Oh! Oh my goodness, I am surprised and a bit choked up, Kerry. Wow. *shivers*
ReplyDeleteThank you. Gosh we go back. And we also go forward! My face, and yours, a changing, quite expressive canvas. May our statements always be bold!
I love you, Kerry. xoxoxo
Oh, I clicked on the collage to make it bigger and it's just gorgeous. I think this is one to print and hang up, to remind me. I need constant reminding! xo
DeleteI don't know how the idea came to me but once i started i couldn't stop. I did discover that collage and doodling are not my string points but I had fun. I am so glad you like it. I shall send you the image, if you want to get it printed.
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Apparently, spelling is not my "strong" point today either... Oops!
DeleteDelectable verse, wonderfully collaged. Just blew me away.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ron. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
DeleteStunning, Kerry, both poem and collage, which reminded me of when Ellen was little and we used to cut pictures out of magazines to make original postcards to send to people or stick on our cork noticeboard. I especially love the lines:
ReplyDelete‘Let your face be a canvas
An ever-rising star’
and the good advice to
‘Trust in every new tomorrow
Discover the secret of Love’.
I did have flashbacks to my school days, before the invention of online entertainment, when we would spend hours cutting and sticking.
DeleteMarian has been a rock, hasn't she? If this is meant to be for her, then it's a fine tribute. Bravo.
ReplyDeleteYes, she has, and yes, it is indeed.
DeleteWhat a wonderful collage. Perfect tribute to our radiant Marian, who has inspired me and so many others from the beginning. And who has two of the coolest kids ever! As talented as their mother.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sherry. I couldn't agree more.
DeleteYes, Marian is a star...This is beautiful in art and verse. What a wonderful gift.
ReplyDeleteWhistles!!!❤️ This is absolutely fantastic, Kerry!! What a tribute!😍😍
ReplyDeletePoetry is dreaming come true, and you have waved the wand for us through thick and thin. I know it has cost you and you are more than entitled to hand it off to the air, to fly on or fall. The rest is dreaming.
ReplyDeleteI love how you tell the story of meeting online in such a wonderful way.. this is a great way to celebrate your poet sister.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great post this is, especially with the delightful collage of the poem. Let's hope all your dreams come true too.
ReplyDeleteTrust in every new tomorrow ...
ReplyDeletethis makes me very happy - how creativity has rubbed off on everyone and we all seem to have grown and blossomed.
What an ode - did you find the words in the snippets or after? in any event it clearly was meant to be this way in a very complete sense. And so heartening to see pre-garden poets are still consistently adding to the online poetry world and supporting each other! bravo
ReplyDeleteHey, Sam. Thank you. You were a pre-garden person too, and so good to see you come around.
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Dear Kerry, I also saved your collage and (if you give the OK) will use it on a ceramic mug I plan on giving to my daughter. In fact I just make several of them. I am already missing you and the Garden.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome, Helen.
DeleteThanks to all for the lovely comments. I have been out of town so a bit late in replying, but so happy to read all the warm and sincere responses to this collage.
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