Rue Brumeuse
by RC DeWinter
Title
Rue Brumeuse
Artist
RC DeWinter
Medium
Painting - Digital Oils-paintography-photopainting
Description
Copyright 2016 RC deWinter ~ All Rights Reserved
Sleepless Night, New Orleans
It was a soft spring night,
misted in a veil as delicate as a young girl's kiss.
I was desperate for sleep, but Morpheus played coy,
racing round the room, taunting me,
daring me to lay hands on his sweaty nakedness.
I wasn't up for that game.
I've had enough of unavailable men, figurative or real;
instead, I went to the window to bathe myself
in the lake of light that glowed through the fog.
The street below was silent, no late-night revelers about
as they so often are in this city known for its heady liquor,
hot music and the promise of forbidden adventure.
There was, however, one car parked
close by the curb across the street,
The fog gave it a fairytale feel;
I thought of Cinderella's coach and wondered,
should I go down, if a mousewhiskered driver might appear
to whisk me off to where I belonged, for I am not native
to this city of extravagant manners, liquid speech
and laissez-faire attitude about almost everything.
I am here on sufferance;
the neighbors call me Yankee lady
and laugh at my bred-in-the-bone bluntness,
my clipped consonants, and the speed with which I set about
accomplishing the daily tasks of living.
I don't mind; they are unfailingly kind
and patient with my shortcomings.
I came here to change, to learn
a new way of living, but it's not working.
How foolish to think a different place
makes a different you, because that old saw is true:
wherever you go, there you are.
And while I love the loose jangle of life
here in the Big Easy, i never will be - easy, that is.
That ramrod in my spine will never break.
It might bend a bit, but I'll always be the same old me,
burdened with old-fashioned expectations,
obligations sitting heavy on my heart.
But I'll stick around awhile longer anyhow,
just so I can tell myself I tried.
~ copyright 2016 RC deWinter
A view of a peaceful foggy night in downtown New Orleans. Reimagined from a photograph by Steve Hamburg.
This painting has been FEATURED in
~ the Artistic Photographer
10 Plus
500 Views
1000 Views
All Art Welcome
ALL Stars
All Weather - New England and Beyond
ART - It Is Good For You
Arts Fantastic World
Bath and Spa Prints
Collectors Gallery
Colors Blue Turquoise Photography And Paints
Composite or Mixed Media
Contemporary
Creative Digital Art Community
Digital Art And Photography For A Simple Imagination
Digital Magic
Digital Works
Dreamland
Fine Arts Professionals
Forward Exposure
Greeting Cards for All Occasions
Images That Excite You
Lady Photographers and Artists
Night in Art
Photograph Manipulation
Picturesque Neighborhoods of the World
Premium FAA Artists
Second Life Photographers
Sunsets Sunrises Night And Moon Shots
The Best of the Best
Tell Tall Tales
The Space Between
This Way Arts
Urban Images
Visions of the Night
We Paint Every Day
Worldy Art
Thanks to the group hosts for their encouragement and support.
landscape, city, fog, night, new orleans, street, skyscape, clouds, mist, misty, foggy, cityscape, lights, car, buildings, architecture, spring, louisiana, rc dewinter, dewinter
Uploaded
May 18th, 2016
Statistics
Viewed 2,480 Times - Last Visitor from Cambridge, MA on 03/28/2024 at 11:51 AM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Comments (36)
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups nominated images by your fellow artist in the Special Features #6 promotion discussion. Please visit and pass on the love to another artist.
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group l/f/p
Dominique Fortier
Wonderful work and painting! Seen in "Words Have Wings - Stories and Vignettes" group. I love the numerous other works you have there, and the poetry in your descriptions. l/f/t
Guido Strambio
So beautiful digital artwork, gorgeous light and lovely mysterious atmosphere! l/f/Tw/G+
Maria Hunt
Your art is only exceeded by your writing, Gina. Congratulations on your feature in 1 Weekly ALL Stars. F/L
Debra Lynch
I absolutely love this one RC, talk about mystery, this is a work if art brimming with mystery. Soft, subtle tones, and misty!!! L/F