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5 December 2008

The poem of the dress



This recent photo is getting me so many compliments, I decided to revisit a poem I wrote about it in 2007. (On that occasion I was wearing it without the matching trousers.)

Summer dress

My cherry-red drapes me loosely,
floats when I move, dances with me.
Deep armholes show flashes of skin,
my underwear is "nude".

The slit front and scalloped sides
free my winter-white legs.
They stick right out in the sun,
they jig and twist and stride.


20/9/07
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4 comments:

  1. Pearl10 December 2008 at 00:56

    draping fabric is lovely. I have an orange and grey long blouse variant.

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  2. Rosemary Nissen-Wade10 December 2008 at 10:58

    Yes, it's so flattering and comfortable. :)

    You colour scheme sounds gorgeous.

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  3. Danielle3 January 2009 at 17:44

    I felt like I was wearing it

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  4. Rosemary Nissen-Wade4 January 2009 at 12:05

    Ha ha, thank you dear! Glad to have shared the joyous feeling.

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