I have charcoaled a man
I am inking a woman
he wears a short goatee
and no distinctive features
she bears a tattoo
that adorns the skin of her back
like remnant lace
from the rumple of a negligee
tossed carelessly away
his head is drawn as round as a circle
and overly tiny
I find proportion
is not a sense that I possess
at all
her hair has proved impossible to tame
and over-flows a poor arrangement
barely held in place
by a green rubber band
these pictures
my scribbles scrawls and scratches
are impressed on the now-smudged white
of a sheet of cartridge paper
but
always somehow it seems
I rend them better
penned and then re-worked
into the phrases I find most familiar
until
here I am
etching a silhouette of myself again
charcoaled and inked
into queer shaped stanzas
this drawing from life
is not really a new thing
it seems it’s just another portrait
in the usual words
that are me
that I am
© Frank Prem, 2016
Frank Prem Poetry 
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Thank you Barbara.
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Excellent imagery – especially of the tattoo, suggestive of one on ageing flesh
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Thanks Derrick. Can’t draw, except in words, me.
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I love your usual words!
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Well thank you. I did have a crack at the drawing side of things, but not me really.
Words are where I live.
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What a fantastic description! You have indeed painted a lovely picture in the minds of your readers.
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Thank you yuhu. Better writing than drawing, but can’t have everything, I suppose. Glad you enjoyed.
Cheers,
Frank
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Hey Frank!
“that are me
that I am”
The words I read in your poem flow in my head and somehow the mood sets in almost instantly. You have the power to change the weather of the mind…’charcoaled & inked’.
❤
L.R.
THE RINK
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Hello The Rink. Welcome. I’m delighted you enjoyed the piece. Attempting Life-drawing gave me great respect for those that can do it effectively. I decided I better stick to what I do best!
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Hey Frank,
With Great power comes great responsibility.
You have attempted and come out as a winner, my friend! Yes, of course, you decide the souls of your poetry. Waiting to see your upcoming pieces!
❤
L.R.
THE RINK
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This is lovely
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Thank you.
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