Love is Art – Poem of the Month – February 2023

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Love is Art

Love is staring at a piece of art
for the first time
You allow yourself to feel it
before taking in the details 
It mesmerizes with a spell
Taking intelligence
and decision-making skills
Throwing them to the wind
Obliterating that which is all around
So you neither see nor hear
anyone other than the magician
The sun is brighter
filling your heart with joy
Then you step back
and look at the creation
The artwork is abstract
Colorful but complicated
It is not what it seems
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Others see it as nonsense
But it is what it is
Will you buy it?


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Art - Love Is All We Need, by Banksy

Sanaa is hosting D'Verse Poetics tonight and as it's Valentine's Day
she has prompted us with 'Love' and to say it like it is.

Published by Christine Bolton

I have been writing poetry since I was a child and it has helped in the good times and bad times. I am always looking within to find the answers to life's problems and to write thought-provoking poetry and prose. Thanks for checking it out. Christine

28 thoughts on “Love is Art – Poem of the Month – February 2023”

  1. I love this analogy. Buying it is a commitment, indeed. How many moons can you look at it before it becomes mundane or displeases you? Happy Valentines Day!

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    1. Thanks K. Yes I know. It can make your heart beat faster and make you cynical. It’s the gift that keeps on giving … and taking 😦 LOL

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  5. A perfect analogy, Christine! I especially like the lines:
    ‘Obliterating that which is all around
    So you neither see nor hear
    anyone other than the magician’.
    I agree that love and art make the sun brighter.

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  6. Really loved the way you delivered the message in your words and verses!!! Loved the lines, “So you neither see nor hear
    anyone other than the magician” (I could hear a substitute word being whispered – Beloved/lover)

    And especially loved your ending:
    “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
    Others see it as nonsense
    But it is what it is
    Will you buy it?”

    Same goes for love, right? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and what of love? You captured that so amazingly in your last line – “Will you buy it?” Ah, love is the commitment to want and keep it forever.
    Sort of the way I go through Galleries – I see something and love it and am seduced by it, but in the end the question always comes down to your last line – “will you buy it” – is this what I want to hang over the fireplace forever – just like love – is this the one that you want as your Beloved for life??
    Bellissimo, Christine, Bellissimo!! 😊💖🌹

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    1. Thank you so much Chuck! Its true isn’t it? We approach love in the same way. It’s the visual attraction/feeling at first and after a while you have to step back and look at the big picture. Is it what you really want? Thanks for ‘getting it’ my friend ☺️💕🌺

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  7. Such stellar use of analogy here, Christine! 😀 I absolutely agree, love is art and asks the same thing of us which we would give to the latter. Thank you so much for writing to the prompt ❤️❤️❤️

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  11. hmmmm my comment did not publish? You speak truth here….about art and beauty/appreciation in the eye of the beholder. And the “art” can be on a canvas, or a person standing beside you! 🙂

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