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panorama of parallel perfection

December 6, 2023
By PoetCoyote PLATINUM, State College, Pennsylvania
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PoetCoyote PLATINUM, State College, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
“The world is almost peaceful when you stop trying to understand it.”<br /> ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X<br /> <br /> "Serenity now!" <br /> ― Frank Costanza, Seinfeld <br /> <br /> "My coach said I ran like a girl. I told him if he ran a little faster he could, too." <br /> ― Mia Hamm

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water lilies— 

a serene scene of textures 

and colors pleasing 

to the eye, the bridge a 

staple in every heartwarming

romance, and the warm glowing

light, the perfectly parallel pond 

creates a reflection as even 

as the tall trees it mirrors  


i can put myself in 

the landscape, imagining a 

dented rented canoe sliding, 

slithering roughly along

the carpet of lilies,  

i see one fall, it’s delicate 

bright petals broken 

under my weight, i watch it sink 

to the deep dark hidden depths 


i sympathize with monet’s 

vision, the panorama 

of perfection displayed so 

finely, but then i can’t 

help but wonder, 

what is poised in the 

pond, lurking in the trees, 

because nothing is truly ever 

as serene as it seems 

Photo by Joe Dudeck on Unsplash

The author's comments:

A poem responding to Claude Monet's painting Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies, which was painted in the late 1890s. 

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