Lovers’ Eyes

She feels the eyes
of women who’ve loved her
adorning each part of her…

© Andrew Wilson, 2024

Artwork by Catrin Welz-Stein

Tonight, our host over at dVerse Poets Pub is lillian in Poetics who, feeling nostalgic on the occasion of her 8th anniversary hosting at the bar, has resurrected for the third time, an ekphrastic prompt provided by the artist Catrin Welz-Stein. Catrin has enjoyed providing the inspiration for the pub-goers twice before and enjoys the interaction. I picked one of the four pictures which Catrin kindly allowed us to use…

19 thoughts on “Lovers’ Eyes

  • June 5, 2024 at 1:17 pm
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    Perfection in so few words … not a simple task.

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    • June 5, 2024 at 1:32 pm
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      Thanks, Helen, I couldn’t decide whether to use the word adored or adorned but went with the latter…

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  • June 5, 2024 at 5:50 pm
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    Very nicely done, Andrew. Short and sweet! A little different for you! Well done.

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    • June 5, 2024 at 6:03 pm
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      A Haiku has to be done now and then Dwight… Thanks!

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  • June 5, 2024 at 6:41 pm
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    Sometimes everything can be said with just a few words.

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    • June 5, 2024 at 9:10 pm
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      I had envisioned a whole poem of maybe 20 lines but it all boiled down to this Haiku, Björn…

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    • June 6, 2024 at 5:55 am
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      Thanks Grace…

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    • June 6, 2024 at 2:44 pm
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      Putting the L in LGBTQ then…

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    • June 6, 2024 at 2:42 pm
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      Thank you Sanaa – sometimes less is more – (but only very occasionally…)

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    • June 6, 2024 at 6:07 pm
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      Thank you Debi…

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  • June 6, 2024 at 6:07 pm
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    Beautifully done, Andrew 💚

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    • June 6, 2024 at 6:09 pm
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      Thank you Robbie 🧡

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