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Dressed For Ceremony
Posted: 28 October 2004
Word Count: 135
Summary: When my daughter took A-level art, she studied Waterhouse, whose paintings are based on poems (well some of them anyway) and for her set piece she wanted a poem with the same title, Dressed For Ceremony, so I wrote this. I'll let the poem speak for itself, but the painting was amazing. She got a B for her efforts.
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Dressed For Ceremony
I never thought this aisle would seem so long;
Or that the organ music played so loud,
I only hope that nothing will go wrong
And on this special day I'll do you proud.
I often call to mind the words you said;
"You are the sweetest girl I've ever known".
Such happy childhood memories fill my head,
With you around I never felt alone.
My love for you has blossomed through the years
And each step brings me closer now to you.
My heart beats faster as the moment nears
When everyone will hear you say "I do".
And so at last the moment now has come;
The one I've thought and dreamed of all my life,
But although for me you are the one,
Today somebody else becomes your wife.
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 joanie at 18:29 on 28 October 2004
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Kathleen, this is excellent - something which everyone could enjoy. A wonderful sting in the tail, very sad.
I love rhyme and metre. This would be good to read aloud as a 'performance piece', I think.
Did your daughter display the poem with her set piece? That would be very effective.
joanie
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 poemsgalore at 18:38 on 28 October 2004
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Yes she did, as the painting had a happy couple, with a rather sad bridesmaid looking on from behind. She paints in the style of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (although she has now added other styles to her repertoire). Glad you enjoyed the poem.
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joanie at 18:39 on 28 October 2004
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Sounds absolutely beautiful.
joanie
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That makes even more sense now; I hadn't realised the writer was the bridesmaid and I didn't know why the aisle should seem so long.
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Chem at 22:14 on 28 October 2004
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Kathleen
I've just finished watching Frida and was thinking throughout the film how tempting it would be to reach into her art and turn the paintings into poetry. She would give the poet so much to work with. Then I logged on to writewords, read your intro then your poem and thought 'oh look, just what I was thinking'. Isn't it funny when that happens :-)
I very much enjoyed your poem and, in turn, can imagine how good the painting must have been!
Em
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roovacrag at 12:50 on 29 October 2004
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Kathleen, great piece. As an artist myself I know what this poem means.
Brought a lump in my throat reading it.
Not easy to write a poem like this,bet you had a few tears.You worked it well.
xxxAlice
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.JPG) Zettel at 11:57 on 30 October 2004
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Poemsgal
Life sometimes kicks us in the teeth. So does your last line. Sad and very real. The rhythm flows evenly throughout which adds punch to the last line.
Great
Z
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Don Gorgon at 23:20 on 30 October 2004
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This is simply beautiul. What a lovely poem, poemsgalore. The last line is brilliant, I wasn't expecting that! I thought it was the bride-to-be talking and the last line made me go, 'Ooooo!' It really is a wonderful read and if the painting was to match, it must have been cracking too! Beautiful!
Thanks
Don
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poemsgalore at 16:01 on 31 October 2004
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Thanks for all the lovely comments, I'll pass them on to my daughter - as it was her painting that caused me to write the poem. The intention was to fool the reader into believing that it was the bride to be speaking, so I'm really glad that worked, thanks Don. Zettel, you are so right. Alice, bet you could do something similar but be the artist and the poet too. Chem, sorry to be so ignorant - Who's Frida? I bet you are going to embarrass me now.
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Chem at 16:16 on 31 October 2004
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Frida Kahlo, the Mexican painter. Salma Hayek played Frida in the 2002 film tribute.
You're are certainly not ignorant Kathleen!!!
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Whoops! Meant to say just 'you are'. Sorry!
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miffle at 20:18 on 01 November 2004
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Lovely flow to this one poems and I too liked the turn in the last line. Enjoyed, nikki
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