Dearest

This is lovely and contemplative, Duende.  📝💑

I also like the art you've selected to accompany it.  

Because you've used azure twice, I would suggest replacing one with cerulean ( synonym of azure ).  It would work beautifully in either place. ❤

Thank you so much for your comment and suggestion, Ahavati

The art partially inspired the poem and as for azure... the competition says "Choose one colour blue" (I almost went crazy with the blues and put indigo, sapphire etc in it) I will think about it... cerulean sounds lovely :-)

Wonderful blueness ... bravo my poetess ...

Great to hear you enjoyed my blueness, dear poetess

Thank you for leaving your thoughts on my page :-)

turning the dark  
into a work of art  

I stopped here and thought 💭 excellent usage of dark, it brought light to mind...  
I could see you or your hand painting in the dark envoking light ! Wild strokes of  blue like a mad woman, ( intense ) stroke after stroke ..  
Excellent poem dear Duende  
Zazzles Xx  
Ps good luck in the comp!
I’m hosting a campfire haunted stories Halloween comp soon I do hope your around to play!

Thank you so much for commenting and mentioning dark, dear Zazzles... initially I used the work night, "dark" was the last edit I made...

Halloween comp... stories... interesting! Let's see if I can get that dark side out ;-)

xXx Duende

Fine work Duende, with all the shades of blue.  I know it must have been a struggle.  Azure twice?  That doesn't bother me at all and the poem works extremely well.  You might try "turquoise" though, if you haven't thought of that already.  Good luck with the comp!

Thank you, Crowfly

Turquoise is actually my favorite color, but azure (and muse) came to mind when I saw the comp. I prefer to keep it as it is :-)

I really appreciate your thoughts and am honored by the RL! More shades of blue (including turquoise) can be found here, but it's no must of course...

https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/254616-underwater-world/

Absolutely life the color work and the turning shadows into shades of hope. I also really enjoyed the layout and pacing of the whole thing, this feels like an experimental departure for you. I think it works really well, keep spreading your wings

You should see the smile on my face :-)

At times I write a bit more experimental and this is where i hope my writing will evolve into. I love working with colors, did it in the past and might go for another one...

Thanks heaps for your enthusiastic comment, Taurus!

My goodness...most fantastic line breaks...perfect measure
rhythm in passion is a must

Bravo
Jeff

Oh wow... what an amazing comment, thank you so much Jeff!

Great to get feedback on the line breaks... they get a lot of attention,  I'm glad it shows :-)

Beautiful art and poem, perfect for the comp, good luck :)

Thank you so much, PoetsRevenge!

I found the artwork to be very inspirational as was the comp...

Great

couldn't be more apt
the title

for the piece of
art
i find this ink to be

elegant
yet impactful
the delivery i find dear Friend!

good luck
for the comp...
this is beaut shade of Azure
for sure!

Thank you so much, my friend, truly honored by your words of praise!

You made me smile by mentioning the title... the working title was "Muse" until I decided to veil her till the end. Tried a few others and thought "Dearest" it is :-)

Always delighted to see you on my page...

Not once have you ever disappointed in your writing, beautiful sister mine. You waste no words and pack each line with so much emotion and meaning it steals the breath. You move me every time you write. Even when I simply sit in silence and make no comment...I'm moved.

...ever your Willow

My sweet sister, you moved me too with your comment.

That it steals your breath means more to me than words can express. I'm starting to write more pared back than before and I happen to be very fond of this piece... that she made it into your reading list means a lot. Thank you <3

With love from your sister, D

What a beautiful piece on your "poetic canvas" bringing blue from dark to light, enjoyed this very much.

Great to hear you enjoyed this very much!

Thank you for the read and your comment, it's deeply appreciated.

Great to hear you loved this! Van Gogh, now that's a compliment :-)

Thank you so much for your comment and the smiles you brought!

Thank you so much :-)

The picture was part of the inspiration, glad you liked it!

Very proficient & artistic
I enjoyed it!

Thank you so much, Selena!

Great to hear you enjoyed it :-)

Thanks for the thought, appreciate your inspiration.