Bursts of Hope

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reena</a>, for inviting me to write about your glorious artwork. <b><i>Thank you</i></b> also to the editorial team at <b>Literary Impulse</b> for hosting the <i>When Words and Painting Combine <a href="https://readmedium.com/when-paintings-and-words-combine-part-2-3381d9c902e0"></a></i><a href="https://readmedium.com/when-paintings-and-words-combine-part-2-3381d9c902e0">challenge,</a> and for accepting this piece into their publication. 🙏 💕</p><p id="8a0c">An extra <b><i>thank you</i></b> to <a href="undefined">Kimberly Hampton Nilsson</a> for tagging me into the prompt with her beautiful piece, <i>Tuscan Rose</i> —</p><div id="8cc3" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/tuscan-rose-ea2ff5254cde"> <div> <div> <h2>Tuscan Rose</h2> <div><h3>A tanka</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*PP-GgGJx2wUwbevBJKptug.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="ab30">I would like to take this opportunity to invite some fellow poets to respond to <a href="undefined">Monoreena</a>’s painting — <a href="undefined">Dennett</a> | <a href="undefined">Gurpreet Dhariwal</a> | <a href="undefined">Setraj Jahan</a> | <a

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href="undefined">Marilyn J Wolf</a> | <a href="undefined">Gustave Deresse</a> | <a href="undefined">Suntonu Bhadra</a> | <a href="undefined">Suma Narayan</a></p><p id="6bee">You will find the details here -</p><div id="717f" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/when-paintings-and-words-combine-part-2-3381d9c902e0"> <div> <div> <h2>When Paintings and Words Combine-Part 2</h2> <div><h3>Illustrator’s Series</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*UaI85BFe_EkP4dO9QcSdsg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="2359"><b><i>Thank you all for reading.</i></b> 🙏 💕</p><p id="bd3a"><b>✨ If you like what you’ve read and want more —</b></p><p id="5af6">👉 <b><i>Subscribe to my <a href="https://carolynhaasp.medium.com/subscribe">email list</a></i></b><i> and be the first to receive my latest </i><b>Medium</b><i> stories directly to your inbox.</i> 📩 <i> </i>👉 <b><i>Use my <a href="https://carolynhaasp.medium.com/membership">affiliate referral link</a></i></b> <i>to become a </i><b>Medium</b> <i>member and have unlimited access to every </i><b>Medium</b><i> story including mine. </i>✨</p></article></body>

An ekphrastic twittle

Optimism, artwork by Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar (screenshot by writer with artist’s permission)

Bursts of feathered petals take flight into the blue of the day Innocence upon the wings o’ joy spread hope, coming your way.

I’ve written this twittle in response to Monoreena’s gorgeous painting, Optimism. In her description, she does not identify the flower species but she writes of hope –

We learn to hope. Optimism, nature’s way.

I tried to reflect that sentiment in the twittle. I did something similar with this twittle that was inspired by the words of Lilie Kaizen and the flowers in my own garden.

We need go no further than flowers — and nature — to find optimism and hope.

Thank you, Monoreena, for inviting me to write about your glorious artwork. Thank you also to the editorial team at Literary Impulse for hosting the When Words and Painting Combine challenge, and for accepting this piece into their publication. 🙏 💕

An extra thank you to Kimberly Hampton Nilsson for tagging me into the prompt with her beautiful piece, Tuscan Rose —

You will find the details here -

Thank you all for reading. 🙏 💕

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