When the sun warms my face,
when the wind blows my hair,
I can feel grey erase.
A direct shot of grace,
it reads like a prayer
when the sun warms my face.
Benediction in rays
to disperse earthly cares,
I can feel grey erase.
I forget my mistakes,
cast my doubts to the air
when the sun warms my face.
Content thoughts interlace
in the now, unimpaired,
as I feel grey erase.
There’s nothing that weighs;
a prescription most fair
when the sun warms my face
as I sigh, grey erased.
Today’s offering is in villanelle form.
Carrie is today’s host for The Sunday Muse.
Tao Talk 
What a beautiful poem Li.
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Thank you very much. It’s exactly how I feel with the sun on my face.
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You’ve conveyed the feeling very well.
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Such an amazing poetry form here Lisa, and the message is one I can relate to deeply. I love where you headed with the image! Wonderful!!
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Thank you so much and glad you relate to it, Carrie 🙂
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Great job with the villanelle Your sunny poem has inspired me to write one.
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Yay! Thank you and glad to have inspired you.
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love this.. very beautiful and so happy to be following each other.
Thanks for checking in and visiting. now I’ll get all of your posts up close and personal💖💖
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Thank you, Cindy. Will definitely be checking out some of your yoga videos 🙂
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You’re so welcome… oh great.. hope you enjoy them.. 💖💖
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Sun definitely is a beautiful thing that can keep the blue at bay. That being said, perhaps with music being the only exception, I’d say everything in moderation! 🙂
I just came back running some Saturday errands. The sun is great, except it feels like a 100 degrees in my area, though it looks like inclement weather is coming. We’re on severe thunderstorm watch.
When that happens, especially when combined with high wind, I always get a bit uneasy, since we have a million tall trees around our house, and they don’t seem to be in the best shape.
Oh, well, I guess sometimes you just can’t win! 🙂
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Happy to hear from you about your day, Christian. I went to see my grandbaby this afternoon. She is an adorable little bundle of happiness.
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🙂
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Nice villanelle ❤️
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Paula thank you ❤
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Ohhhhhh, not only is this soothing and wonderful, but you’ve tackled a form that always gives me fits before I give up. Bravo.
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Shay thank you. It didn’t help that when I was about halfway through the screen went blank so I was forced to turn the computer off “cold” and when I came back it hadn’t saved. Not a happy camper!
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A great villanelle …. and I feel the same about the sun on my face!
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Very happy you connect with it, Beverly, thanks much ❤
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SO SO SO lovely, Lisa! Gray erased, indeed!
❤
David
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David thank you ❤
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An exquisite Villanelle that also feels like a chant … I love this.
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Helen, thank you and with the repetition, yes I see what you mean.
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Amazing poem. Every stanza speaks!
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Thank you, Sunita 🙂
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It’s a wonderful feeling to bask in the sun. You forget about all your troubles and relax in the golden showers. Beautifully written, Li
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Thank you, Shweta!
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You’re welcome 😁
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Li, your words carry the warmth of the sun! ❤️
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❤ I'm glad you can feel the warmth, Punam.
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❤️❤️
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I could feel the sun on my face as I read this – uplifting and warm.
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Thanks much, WWNs 🙂
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Wonderful mix of form and lyric and prescription.
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Thank you very much for your feedback, Wyndolynne.
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Praise for the beautiful warming sun. I carry it in my heart today.
Happy Sunday
Much💜love
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What a wonderful place to carry it, Gillena. Happy “Sun Day” to you my friend ❤
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Exactly. (K)
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Kerfe, I got your postcard today ❤ 🙂 To have one of your creations in my hands instead of looking at it on a screen is a very cool feeling. Love the art and love the verse. What a neat stamp on it also!
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I’m glad it arrived! Our post office only delivers mail when they feel like it, so I may have to wait for yours…(there was even an article in the paper about how bad they are)
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Dang. As long as it gets there, I’m happy.
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They delivered nothing for the last 2 days so maybe today. I did get one postcard last week. And I have another batch ready to mail.
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I got 1 other card so far. I have 3 more to do and am done. It has been so much fun putting these together.
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It came! I love all the layered colors. And the poem is just right. Thanks!
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Awesome, Kerfe! Thanks and you are welcome. Glad it got there.
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I so love the repetition. I can feel light erasing the gray as well as seeing it. Beautiful
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Awesome that you connected with it, Susie, thank you ❤
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Reading this makes me, now old, feel young again. For a moment, just a moment. Then I feel my aches and pains again, see the red spots all over my body, and scratch the dermatitis bumps in my balding spots. I feel very old again.
But wish I was on that speeding boat once more.
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Jim, thank you so much for your lovely comment. I can totally related to when the moment passes.
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I love the openness of this Villanelle poem, your words are so refreshing.
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Thank you, “Someone”
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Haha. Thank you, “Someone” lol
I like how everyone’s so nonchalantly saying, “Great villanelle.” “What a wonderful villanelle!” while I have to go look it up ’cause I’ve never heard of it! Quatrain–yes. Tercets–no !! hahaha
Was I actually an English major or was I a bimbo posing as a college student, lol ??:!!!
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You showed up as “Someone” on the comment; I didn’t refer to you as that because you didn’t know a poetry form! lol Stacie, as of 2018 I knew the names of just a few. Being in poetry groups and bookmarking websites full of forms has been a fun learning process.
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PS: And I, too, loved your villanelle! 🙂
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Thank you! 🙂
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Oh, yeah, I know, Li. That actually WASN’T me. It is an anonymous person, so I was just laughing at your, “Thank you, someone,” ’cause they didn’t leave a name. It tickled my funny bone.
But yeah, despite your groups and self-learning, I definitely think I have some knowledge gaps. Thank God I have you to help me fill them in. Even if I don’t pursue these things immediately, they’re definitely planting a seed. 🙂 🙂
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LMAO glad to have tickled your funny bone 🙂
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