Random Noodling: Ekphrastic April, Day 21: "Teresa Gathering Pansies:

April 21, 2018

Ekphrastic April, Day 21: "Teresa Gathering Pansies:

"Teresa Gathering Pansies" by Laura Theresa Alma-Tadem [1852-1909].

the nanny, her arms full

Teresa wanders off
to the patch of pansies

she begs
forgiveness before
beheading each one

© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.

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Linda BApril 21, 2018 at 9:26 PM
I suspect she's a teen, though other-robed, still carries the feelings of today's children growing up. Nicely done!
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I don’t use the term as an insult — the American idiot. I mean it in a precise way, as I try to remind people. For the Greeks, "idiot" carried a precise and special meaning. The person who was only interested in private life, private gain, private advantage. Who had no conception of a public good, common wealth, shared interest. To the Greeks, the pioneers of democracy, the creators of the demos, such a person was the most contemptible of all. Because even the Greeks seemed to understand: you can’t make a functioning democracy out of...idiots.

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April 21, 2018

Ekphrastic April, Day 21: "Teresa Gathering Pansies:

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