<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=398784" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Madonna portrait</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I saw you painting, <br>not a sideways glance<br>of a elephant head <br>with deep creases showing, <br>or the neck of a giraffe, <br>not a Tuscan scene<br>with tables with white table clothes, <br>neither an abstract scene<br>in blue, green and gold.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A portrait unfolded before my eyes, <br>not a half naked nymph, <br>or wood fairy<br>but a Madonna without child<br>pregnant and serene<br>looking utterly holy<br>with olive skin<br>and great big innocent eyes<br>against dark colours<br>in a ruby red cloak.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Your fingers mixed colours expertly<br>on the palette <br>to the right exact hue<br>and blazing lights<br>lit the canvas<br>on the easel<br>and the painting <br>became an old world masterpiece<br>with stroke after little stroke <br>adding depth and meaning<br>and somewhere in the distance<br>a midnight-black dragon appeared<br>with a open mouth<br>as if drawing nearer<br>truly alive <br>detailed to the smallest respect<br>and evil in every way.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=398784" data-title="Madonna portrait de Gert Strydom" data-description="I saw you painting, not a sideways glance of a elephant head with deep creases showing, or the neck of a giraffe, not a Tuscan scene with tables with white table clothes, neither an abstract scene in blue, green and gold. A portrait unfolded..."></div> </div> </div>

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