Happy Sunday! Below please find an excerpt from my poem, “Seven Deadly Virtues, No. 1”, an homage to my favorite of the seven deadly sins. Thanks for stopping by!
Oh to be the prophet in my own land, the object of the envy of another, the most equal among a sterile sea of white.
I was shiny once, bright as a carousel horse with big pink lips.
Listen up, dudes and dudettes: jealousy is vastly underrated.
It’s on markdown, if you know where to shop.
I wear my jealousy with pride, its emerald folds wrapped round my rubber ribs like a rotted root sunk deep in a storm of quicksand.
Let’s hear it for the green-eyed.
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theresegilardi 
ha! I didn’t know jealousy was a virtue!! Great lines. And that next to the last line is genius!!
By: Bree Younger on June 26, 2011
at 5:17 am
thanks bree! i’m glad you enjoyed the line.
By: theresegilardi on June 26, 2011
at 7:31 am
I love how you turned jealousy into something to be sought!!
By: Rebecca Royce on June 26, 2011
at 5:51 am
you never know when sin becomes virtue …
By: theresegilardi on June 26, 2011
at 7:32 am
Wonder wording, I absolutely love “I wear my jealousy with pride, its emerald folds wrapped round my rubber ribs like a rotted root sunk deep in a storm of quicksand.” You’ve made jealously strangely beautiful. Thank you I really enjoyed your six.
By: Alix on June 26, 2011
at 5:58 am
thanks alix! glad you like that image.
By: theresegilardi on June 26, 2011
at 7:32 am
Wow. This is amazing! Thanks for sharing!!!
By: lexcade on June 26, 2011
at 6:02 am
thanks for stopping by, lexcade.
By: theresegilardi on June 26, 2011
at 7:33 am
She does poetry, too! Who knew?! Nice, tough attitude of the poet in this.
By: Rebecca Gomez Farrell on June 26, 2011
at 6:54 am
thanks becca – i adore poetry.
By: theresegilardi on June 26, 2011
at 7:33 am
nice six!
By: Marie Dees on June 26, 2011
at 7:13 am
thanks for your visit marie.
By: theresegilardi on June 26, 2011
at 7:33 am
Love the twist on jealousy, fab six!
By: JoAnne Kenrick on June 26, 2011
at 7:17 am
thanks joanne!
By: theresegilardi on June 26, 2011
at 7:34 am
Love it! Especially the “envy of another”! Great six!
By: bglashbrooks on June 26, 2011
at 7:46 am
thanks a lot, bridget.
By: theresegilardi on June 26, 2011
at 7:51 am
Very sharp images here. Well done.
By: Trish McCallan on June 26, 2011
at 7:52 am
thanks for your kind words, trish.
By: theresegilardi on June 26, 2011
at 7:59 am
Never knew jealousy could be so interesting.
By: Lindsay on June 26, 2011
at 8:09 am
it’s always what one least expects that proves fascinating ….don’t you agree?
By: theresegilardi on June 26, 2011
at 8:39 am
Lovely first line! The green-eyed monster is so underrated, and can be so effective — especially when it’s subtly wielded.
By: Monica Enderle Pierce on June 26, 2011
at 8:17 am
thanks monica, i’m a fan of the monster myself ….
By: theresegilardi on June 26, 2011
at 8:40 am
Love this. Great way to look at a seemingly negative emotion.
By: Joanne Stewart on June 26, 2011
at 9:25 am
always another side of the coin …
By: theresegilardi on June 26, 2011
at 4:41 pm
Wow, this is fantastic! I think I loved every single line of it! Well done!
By: gayleramage on June 26, 2011
at 10:19 am
the first six I read from a poem. thank you I enjoyed it 🙂
By: Author Sam Crescent on June 26, 2011
at 10:47 am
i thought i might be the only poet posting … thanks for letting me know.
By: theresegilardi on June 26, 2011
at 4:42 pm
This is excellent, I loved it!
By: Sonya on June 26, 2011
at 11:13 am
thank you sonya!
By: theresegilardi on June 26, 2011
at 4:42 pm
Wonderful take on jealousy! Love that I get poetry as well, so glad I joined sss 🙂
~Xakara
A Way To A Dragon’s Heart 6SS
By: Xakara on June 26, 2011
at 11:22 am
glad you’re a part of SSS!
By: theresegilardi on June 26, 2011
at 4:43 pm
What lovely lines!
By: chantalhalpin on June 26, 2011
at 12:00 pm
thanks, i appreciate your visit – love your image.
By: theresegilardi on June 26, 2011
at 4:44 pm