The Three Graces

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By Canonette

Sun, 12 Jul 2015
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Canova’s three Graces on the trampoline -
an arm-linked embrace, faces blank marble,
hair braided gold and silver by the sunset.

I see that they are ten-year-old women;
statuesque limbs, crop tops and hot pants.
With every bounce, their flip-book image flicks
from sweet to knowing, sweet to knowing.

Their ecstatic dance is sugar-fuelled revelry;
blue jelly beans the food of Zeus’s daughters -
their ambrosial head rush is full of additives.

A boy appears - the dancers lose their footing.

Hysterical screaming cracks the circle,
as the Charites land in an ungainly tangle.

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Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Wonderful strong images. Just beautiful Canonette!

 

Submitted by Canonette on

Thank you, insert. It was just one of those moments!

Thank you for the cherries!

 

Submitted by Bee on

That's so beautifully visual. I love when it broke into laughter. That's real writing - writing real.

Bee

Submitted by Canonette on

Thanks, Bee.  It's amazing that I managed to have any poetic thoughts, I was worried they'd bounce over next door's fence.

 

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

This so delightful!

Submitted by EB on

Ah, poor boy! You got them just right.

Submitted by Canonette on

Thank you, Philip Sidney and EB.  My daughter's at a worrying age!

 

Submitted by blighters rock on

Mesmerising. Totally captivating.

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Wonderful observation. I particularly like the first stanza.

Luigi

 

Submitted by VeraClark on

Youth and beauty, elegance and mirth captured modern style on a trampoline. The image of sweet to knowing nails the half-girl half-woman status of children that we see so often these days, too.

 

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Submitted by Canonette on

Blighters, Luigi, Vera - thank you for your kind comments. I had no idea how difficult it would be to witness the transition from girl to womanhood!

Thank you for pick of the day!

 

Submitted by love_writing on

Beautiful. Love the combination of myth and present day. I've always found The Three Graces statue intriguing and captivating- a great example to use for describing that not yet a women, but not a child stage.

love_writing

Submitted by Canonette on

Thank you, love-writing.  They really looked like the statue, apart from the hot pants!

 

Submitted by celticman on

lovely, boy as a distraction to the goddesses. 

 

Submitted by Canonette on

Thank you for reading, celticman. The boy was in his element - apart from the 3 on the trampoline, he had 3 others fawning over him!

 

Submitted by Canonette on

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