#8

The Girl from Ink-panema

That girl
she’s of turquoise ink,
a salty spill, a swel-
ling heart of sea.
She talks to trees
cheers the sad-
ness from pencils,
sings in chirping
quiet of stone, myst-
erious mermaid who
writes with lemon.
She decodes the sun,
that girl, she believes
in ink.

 

 

dVerse Poets: Secret Poets

26 responses to “#8”

  1. Love this! Clever title….”cheers the sadness from pencils”
    Smiling I am reading your words this morning. Tipping my morning cup to you!

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    1. Good morning, Lillian. x

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  2. Well, I think we both chose the same poet!!! Smiles.

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    1. I believe so. I just re-read yours.

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  3. I love this.. I think i know a girl of ink (at least) like this.. 🙂

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    1. Not difficult to guess this one. 🙂 >

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  4. Most wonderful!! 🙂

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    1. Thank you very much.

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  5. I love the imagery. “Decodes the sun”… that just oozes with optimism and joy.

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    1. Yes, my secret poet absolutely does that! >

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  6. ❤ ❤ ❤
    Love this, Misk. And YOU.

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  7. Lovely! Wasn’t this fun?

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  8. This is adorable. I think it is about you!

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    1. No, no. no. It’s not! I can’t be my own favourite poet!

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  9. This is incredibly beautiful 😀 Lucky girl your secret poet 🙂

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    1. She doesn’t need luck; she’s a pirate princess!

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  10. ” She decodes the sun,
    that girl, she believes
    in ink.”

    that is brilliant – simply.

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  11. Now that the linky has expired, I just wanted to say how much I love this, and how humbled I am. THANK YOU. I will carry “she decodes the sun” with me, for sure.

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  12. Can’t get into your next post as I don’t know the password! Is that what you meant by testing WordPress?

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    1. It’s a test post, Viv. Nothing too see. 😀

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  13. this was!! so quirky, so quaint, absolutely delightful.

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    1. Thank you for your lovely comment!

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  14. Your word choices and metaphors make this poem of yours a delight to read.

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    1. I can’t tell you how delighted I am to know that. Thank you.

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