ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

Today is our forty eighth wedding anniversary and I thought I might re post this to celebrate:


MY WORK OF ART
If I were to paint a picture
a portraiture of you,
these are the colours I would choose
to make that picture true:

I’d begin with lots of charity,
love and happiness,
brush in a dash of mercy
and loads of tenderness.

I would take some understanding
and mix in heaps of hope,
take out all the doubting
and replace it with tons of cope.

I’d blend a daub of worry
then paint in a colour bright,
fill the background in with courage
and etch in rays of light.

I would put in lots of caring
a splash of sadness too,
and emphasise the sharing
of the love I have for you.

Then I’d stand back from my easel
and soon I would decide
to eliminate the parts
indicating vanity or pride.

And when the work was finished
I ‘d place it in a frame,
made of gold and silvered,
and attach to it the name,
‘MY LOVE’
(And pray you felt the same.)

Vic Jefferies 1984

Congratulations Vic and "MY LOVE"

Thank you Neville.

Love the poem and the idea. Colours have been used often in song to say the similar. One I really love is My Colouring Book and the best version ever in my opinion was by Kitty Kallen (going back a while now.) If you'd like to have a listen here is the youtube link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN9sUuZuqTU
Good poem Vic.
Wazza

Beautiful, Vic. Reminds me of the song, 'A Portrait of My Love'. Congratulations to you both.