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April 4, 2018

Ekphrastic April, Day 4: "Bubbles"


"Bubbles" by Helen Allingham [1848-1926).

soapy water and a pipe

the oldest child says,
"bubbles are spherical rainbows"

suddenly all
Gran's pot of gold stories
subject to debate


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3 comments:

  1. Ah! That moment when belief in magic pops like a bubble!

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    1. Or finding a different kind of magic--what if there was a gold dust in a bubble?

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  2. I like that you just touched that idea of "bursting a bubble", ever a problem when raising children. The painting is so evocative of that time.

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