… at the seaside

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Serpent tongues ensnared
with skin on skin in sun
on silver sand and salt,
exploring sunburned legs
while muscles toned to sin
bless our itch of lust,
as we climax lulled by surf
exposed for skies to see.

Pablo Picasso, Figures at the Seaside (1931)

Today Melissa hosts dVerse with a prompt on some selected images by Pablo Picasso with a common theme of women at the beach.

June 3, 2025

21 responses to “… at the seaside”

  2. oh man that’s one erotic looking painting

    i chose the same one to write my poem

    much♡love

  4. I like your interpretation of the painting more than mine. I used the same painting, and came up with something dark. There is a fleshy quality to it.

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  12. You know that “Get a room?” taunt ~~ one might yell “Get a tent” to your sunbathers! LOL Seriously, this is a great response to the prompt.

  13. Very nicely done. You gave the painting “a run for its money!” It is interesting that in all the poems written about this one, no one that I read seems to have addressed the stone monument in the background! ?

  16. It took a brave person to tackle that one…and to make it sizzle! I could not make head or tail of it. Great alteration, and a challenge to find the sensuality — you did…I think Picasso must have been looking for that too.

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