By mid-morning the marine-layer lifts
and I remember
you wrote this in a parlor in Paris.
With eighty-eight keys of cascading colors,
you travel counter-clock across the Pacific
to this beach where I ask you to paint me
with impressionistic
blue green violet.
With lightest touch then tsunami,
you smooth me out with fluid palms
and smear the lines that once defined me.
In these sheets of textured music,
deep as your brown eyes,
I’m churned in something true and sparkling—
something present,
and nothing
but the sound of your soul
—or the sea.
Dedicated to my favorite French composer, Claude Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918).
Writing and photography by: Katy Claire Funke
Featured image was created on the Brushstroke app.
I hear beautiful music to this one
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Thank you, Lorraine 💗 Your words always mean so much to me 🥰
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Aww thankyou so much Katy ❤️❤️❤️
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This is absolutely beautiful. Thank you.
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Thank you so much for your kind words. I’m thrilled to know you enjoyed this 💕
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This is a beautifully evocative poem and tribute to Debussy’s soulful music. I find his music quite refreshing to the spirit, much like nature.
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Thank you so much, Brad. Your kind words mean so much to me. I’m so glad that you resonated with this piece. ✨🎶
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My pleasure Katy!
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Incredibly beautiful.
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Thank you so much, Nico 💗 Your compliments mean a lot to me. Hope you are well ☺️
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Doing ok here! Thank you Katy, blessings!
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Love the line “With lightest touch then tsunami” and Debussy’s music too. Great work.
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Thank you so much, Bartholomew ☺️ Honored by your compliments and so glad you enjoyed this piece.
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The alliteration in the opening is breathtaking. I agree with a previous commenter – there is such a melodic quality to this piece!! As always you astound me. 🤍💙
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April, your comment means so much to me 🥰 I so admire your work and am honored that you enjoyed this piece 💗
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WOW, this is just stunning, and it really reminds me of the Romanticism movement in poetry. Just mind-blowing work, Katy. It’s passionate with sensual and beautiful verse, along with descriptions layered in profundity. It’s always a pleasure to read your work, if not an honor. You write so beautifully and evocatively, it’s stunning. Amazing work, yet again!
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Lucy, I am overjoyed with this comment 🥰 Your feedback means so much to me and I am so thrilled that you enjoyed this piece! Thank you so much 💕💗
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You are so wonderful dear Katy. This poem is a classic. You made the reader feel and understand every word.
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Wow! Beautiful poem, as always. And music. I vow to learn to play this piece….
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Thank you so much! That would be incredible to be able to play this piece! I only wish I could play so well 🎶
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