BEACH .. OCEAN .. SEAGULLS

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    UPA REFRIGERATOR ART CHALLENGE

    BEACH .. OCEAN .. SEAGULLS

    I'd rented a bachelor apartment
    Only place i could find for a reasonable price
    It was almost nice
    Came with a bed, table, and refrigerator
    Fridge was rusted
    Looked like moth holes eaten in the metal
    I'd plugged it in .. couldn't believe it worked

    Sputtered, whined, began to hum
    I'd pondered if it was held together
    By previous tenant's chewing gum
    Ugly, faded off white .. brownish orange
    I'd rushed to the hardware store
    Purchased brushes and paint
    Filled a coffee can with gasoline for thinner

    Soon i'd returned and had begun painting
    A lady artist i'd dated .. knocked
    After she'd entered .. laughed .. stated
    The fridge looked like a real winner
    How i'd loved her outlandish humor

    She'd voluntarily taken over
    Relieved .. i'd watched in awe
    A mural had formed from her creative strokes
    First a dark red background
    Then a yellow moon .. or was it a golden sun ?

    She'd taken a break .. i'd filled it with beer
    The handle had broken in my hand
    She'd then applied
    Her abstract .. finishing touches
    Beach .. ocean .. seagulls

    Copyright © September 2009
    StandingBear

    UPA REFRIGERATOR ART CHALLENGE

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    Worthless commented on BEACH .. OCEAN .. SEAGULLS

    03-09-2011

    Funny and so true but gross too... Nice!!!

    StandingBear

    03/25/2011

    Cool! Thanks!

    shallenemcgrath commented on BEACH .. OCEAN .. SEAGULLS

    01-19-2011

    Refer challenge???????????????????????????????????????????????

    StandingBear

    01/21/2011

    Now I thought I was seeing things and that this read *reefer challenge* (joking)... yes, the old refrigerator art challenge write.was enjoyable to write.

    stellar commented on BEACH .. OCEAN .. SEAGULLS

    07-24-2010

    it feels like reading an entertaining short-story...but what i like about it is brief...the atmosphere is well painted because of your skillful narration,,,,love it...^_^ v

    StandingBear

    07/25/2010

    Ahh the hippie days were brief. Thanks Stellar

    SuSpence commented on BEACH .. OCEAN .. SEAGULLS

    05-31-2010

    Wow I love this one, and the ending was perfect. Like the perfect ending to a good movie where you leave not only non-disappointed, but happy to have partaken in the experience. This one was almost sentimental to me in a way. Took me back real young when I first learned of poetry through the words of Shel Silverstein. Great write Standingbear. I truly enjoyed this one. Your fellow quippy hippie friend ~Spence

    StandingBear

    05/31/2010

    Thanks for the great confidence booster! This one was definitely written quite a while back, and I reworked and re-dated. I like to believe it's an unforgettable time everyone goes through before dreaded fate comes along and takes everyone away from each other. It was actually near the end of the hippie era when this poem was originally written. Thanks my cool hippie friend -SBear

    tierra7 commented on BEACH .. OCEAN .. SEAGULLS

    01-11-2010

    SB this is absolutely a Brilliant piece you penned here... "Cool Art" you both created......your creations blow me away...they are all so down to earth.thank you for the visual.......Loved it! Namaste..Terra @}-'-,- (10+ )

    StandingBear

    01/12/2010

    Thank you Tierra! This was quite an unforgettable experience i'll never forget! Hippie days were cool then! SBear

    A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It finds the thought and the thought finds the words.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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