She becomes matted with silence
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Love the descriptions and the symbolism of silence as it reflects painting which is a great play of words with matted I love this connection!

in midnight hours, thoughts clinched beneath
her tongue, unspoken;
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This displays a great way in capturing this stillness of the painting with the emotions that are hidden which is usually so open to interpreters, yet in this piece you have conveyed that the person has many thoughts making it a personal characteristic which I find very effective.

her body a wallpaper
of swamp leaves with happiness masked beneath
layers, yet he often untangles her fears with love;
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Amazing depiction describing the painting for what it is and fashioning the imagery with metaphorical representations of fear and love so vivid and powerful.
Creatively analysed!

linking her heart with light, as she spreads
her wings and flies
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Such as beautiful way to complete this poem,
I love the feeling and tone your constructed words create.
Simply amazing
I hope you win as it is very well composed!
5.5 from me

This is intriguing :)
I like how you connected the night in your poem to the picture, considering the owl in the artwork, very intelligent.

I agree with Andrew's comment on the opening line. Although I gotta ask, why did you place it in the miscellaneous poems? It appears to be like a love poem. There must be something I'm ignorant about.

Nicely written Temps. =)
Write on~

Soft, abstract, poetic. Enjoyed this greatly.

WOW!!! Such a wonderfully written piece. I wish I had seen this earlier so that I could have nominated it. Keep up the great work.

- Joe