Poems ✍️

In the portrait you see
years of legacy,
an artisans treasure
of full bountied measure.
Each dove feathered stroke
flecks a virtuous scope
of immortal grace -
to this eloquent face.
And her aura surrounds
the breadth that abounds
from the eyes that explore
as they follow yours.
Should you study her pose
you may fall self-engrossed
in her soft, subtle smile,
a hint of beguile-
'cross her lips quivered ripple,
meticulous stipple.
And with haunting expression,
such stoic impression,
as admired and praised
as Eiffel and Pisa,
be this portrait of grace -
Da Vinci's ''Lisa''.

______FjR______


Revised from its original version
posted June, of 2009 on this site


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