Diaphanous, yet
Intricately filigreed, like
Secrets etched in fine stained glass,
The thought of you is
Raspberry apricity--
A dream so colorful, I
Can’t resist
The need to chase the part of us we lost.
I wait, without an
Ounce of focus for my waking world--for you, my
Nonpareil--should empyrean soon defrost.
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-Gina C.🧚♀️✨
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Author's Note: I felt like writing something short and sweet. ❤️
After much thought, I will now be publishing two separate lines of Poetry on Vocal (and, like a total nerd, I named them 😊). They are the following:
Gina Signature, which is my normal style -- rich in rhyme, very lyrical, and quite expansive -- often full of notable magical elements, and
Gina Petite, which will mostly focus on brevity. (I think I might end up calling it just "Petite", though--or my "Petite Line." 😅)
This poem is a Petite. :) Thus, short and sweet!
Also, because I'm an absolute stickler for flow, here are the lovely pronunciations of those two words near the end (I had to learn the pronunciation myself while writing this, so no shame if you didn't already know!):
nonpareil noun
nän-pə-ˈrel
an individual of unequaled excellence
empyrean noun
em-ˌpī-ˈrē-ən
the highest heaven or heavenly sphere
(The stress on the 3rd syllable - rē - really ensures that the last line is read the way I intend it to be.) ☺️
Source: The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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This poem was written for the Dancing with Distraction Challenge. :)
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Thank you so much for reading! ☺️
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About the Creator
Gina C.
Achievements:
- Twice-published in Vocal's Moment of Freedom Collection:
Free-Form poet of ethereal style🧚♀️✨
Fantasy writer
A sucker for a good rhyme☺️
Fueled by a conflicted soul of fire & water
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Comments (17)
What beautiful words 😁
Gina, I love your new ideas for your range of poems etc.
Very lovely! I only knew nonpareil as a type of candy. How intriguing that it applies to a type of person, and how quickly the nonpareils in my life came to mind! Well done!
Oh this was beautiful you have a masterful vocabulary
This was definitely a sweet poem, love it 😍
simple, yet packed with imagery. Love it! (also I looked up, like, four words lol)
Love the poem and thank you for the definitions😁
As you know, I'm already a huge fan of Gina Signature and as of now, sign me up for the Gina Petite Fanclub! My favourite line was the need to chase the part of us we lost. Also, as I was reading the poem, I Googled the meaning of Diaphanous, Nonpareil and Empyrean only to find out you've so kindly provided us the meaning, and pronunciations! So grateful for that!
Love these delicate words
"Gina Petite" is such a great name! This was a wonderful poem, as always!
This line is racing around in my head "Secrets etched in fine stained glass," Such a powerful and sublimely brilliant poem!
Wow, Gina petite, you paint quite a pithy picture! I loved this! ❤️I mean, Raspberry apricity - just beautiful!
Loved this!!!💖💖💕
AMAZING 💜
"Raspberry apricity"? I think you are nonpareil! Excellent work!
Sweet Indeed😊💖
Omg. Gina, this is fantastic. Well done, my friend.