an umbrella sky
scalloped curves of blue
my empty basket
open to the day
It may rain
on our ‘parapluies’
our shelters held in hands
to lift in summer winds
to paint a second heaven
fine brushes of a town
bustling in the open air
~
©️2018 Ontheland
A quadrille for dVerse’s Quadrille #57: Don’t rain on my parade!
Ontheland 
Janice, the painting is a lovely tie-in to the prompt. I love how you’ve mingled the two. Beautiful.
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Thank you 🙂
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I love those ‘fine brushes of a town / bustling in the open air’, especially the ‘scalloped curves of blue’ and wind lifting the umbrella. A gorgeous ekphrastic quadrille, Janice!
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Thank you Kim 🙂
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Lovely images, Janice! I like the ‘scalloped curves of blue’ very much too.
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Thank you Jane 🙂 the ‘Umbrellas’ has been a favourite for a long time.
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It’s the colours I like so much—rain colours.
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Yes! it’s the blues and the shapes of the umbrellas for me.
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🙂
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Such a stunning ekphrastic quadrille, Janice! 💜
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Thank you Sanaa 🙂
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Nice line: “to paint a second heaven”
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Thank you Frank 🙂
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I love the painting by Renoir. How beautifully and cleverly you have written your poem
and made all the charachters and the paraplui come alive in words.
miriam
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Thank you Miriam. This painting has been a favourite for a long time. It was fun to write a small poem about it.
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How Absolutely Enchanting. 😎🥀😎🥀😎🥀😎🥀
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Thank you 🙂
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“scalloped curves of blue” is breathtaking.
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Thank you 🙂
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I think you have honoured Renoir well with this quadrille. Beautifully described.
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Thank you so much.
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I love the scene you paint in words… the colors mostly.
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