Sunday, March 8, 2020

having tried hard but failed tearfully

                                                                                                    Artist: Robin Isely
Image: Failed umpteen times to project
a true Mona Lisa smile (here)

so captivating to many for centuries
the fascination of a kind so sustained
extending it to the male species
the enigmatic smile so proclaimed

yearnings for all the pleasures to find
what could be so specific to accentuate
a hold on the natural inquisitive mind
that a Mona Lisa wannabe could equate

all the thoughts of times erstwhile
such was the magic of da Vinci
that one succumbed just to a smile
to showcase a mortal's sensuality

driven many to tears failing to emulate
wanting to stamp its mysterious simplicity
instead dubbed a sly and remote duplicate
having tried hard but failed tearfully

Carrie's Sunday Muse #98

12 comments:

  1. "Failed umpteen times to project
    a true Mona Lisa smile" -- great.

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  2. Failing tearfully .... you certainly did not fail with this poetry!

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  3. That smile is fascinating. Would love to know what she was thinking at that moment. Captivating is the perfect word, Hank. I love your title!

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  4. And some say that her smile is really due to the fact that she had a toothache... maybe we should be happy that it's so hard to reproduce.

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  5. Great poem - and, oh, Mona Lisa, the ultimate selfie :)

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  6. Try as they might, always a tear left in the eye

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  7. Can one ever truly replicate a masterpiece, Hank?

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  8. Ah to capture the smile of the Mona Lisa..and the tears behind so many of those stories. I love this piece Hank! One of your finest! Brilliant and thought provoking!

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  9. There is one who might be smiling but I cannot see one. Three pictures are of dismal looking persons.
    ..

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  10. Wonderful poem Hank. interesting to read.

    Yvonne.

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  11. Interesting--the frustration of where the attention triangulates (who's judging the smile?).

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  12. This is wonderful, Hank! Love the Mona Lisa smile.

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