That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for February 09, 2023

So you want me to stand naked in front of that tree, while you paint me as some sort of dryad?

“All right, it’s a deal, I’ll pose for you. But I’m keeping my hat on.”

The potato salad could use a little more salt. Would you mind running back to the house?

No, you tell me your Wordle starter word!

Show me your goodies.

/// This depiction of painter and girlie

shows a scene from The (verse) Lord of Burleigh.

In the poem I read

he proposed and they wed,

but, the sad part is that she dies early.

/// In what Tennyson penned, the new bride

learns her artist’s far more than implied.

This “plain” man she adored

was a great wealthy Lord.

She was shocked; in a few years she died.

/// She had never been raised to assume

she deserved such a powerful groom.

She believed that her lover

was too high up above her.

Her fate? Leave great estates for a tomb.

/// No fairy-tale “Happ’ly E’er After,”

this tale ends in tears, and not laughter.

A sad shy brainwashed lass

too concerned with her “class.”

(If you think Meghan’s daft— this girl’s dafter.)

“Give me your hand, I’ve got something special for you under here.”

A handshake? No kiss? Some Valentine!

Amy was pretty handy with a basket.

“Yes Esmerelda, I know how difficult it must be, but I’m sure Ishmael will be returning soon.”

From: @Call me Ishmael

https://www.gocomics.com/profile/2288699

~

He’s ever so willing to share/

The occasional flocculent flare/

Of a viral attack/

That creeps into the crack/

And forever lingers there…

I know you hesitate to marry me because of what the other girls say, but look, I drew a picture, it’s not so small.

Don’t go. I was only kidding when I asked to paint you as Nature made you.

“Please be patient, Darling. Once I’ve perfected and patented the Etch-a-Sketch, then I’ll have enough money for us to marry.”

Lucy thought wearing her new mini bra outside her cloths would turn him on.

Back then, women thought it was hot when men wore knee-high socks.

Some days talking the model into it was a lot more work than doing the actual painting.

The Lord of Burleigh: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Paintings by Edmund Blair Leighton" site=commons.wikimedia.org 

(syntax supported by the Google, Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckgo, Ecosia, and Yandex search engines) in the address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and click the first Category: found, and once there, search for the Tennyson text string, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly B4 paper size painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by merely clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #1384 (2/14/16) (February 8, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. I have added a comment there pointing to the blog entry with my comments pointing to the artist info I used to point to here. So far, 43 works by this artist have been used here (53 times total, including this and other repeats), the November 5, 2018, strip being its first use here (but with a different caption). This caption was used in the blog entry posted February 14, 2016, a Sunday; so, there was no strip that day - the strip changed from 7 days a week to M-F on November 12, 2012. It’s a sort of hybrid Throwback Thursday, a repeat of the artwork, but with a caption that is perhaps more timely before the 14th. The August 22, 2022, strip is the prior non-repeat by him.

The Lord of Burleigh/

awakened early/

to brush and floss his molars pearly…///

His dazzling smile/

Devoid of guile/

Caus’d her to linger for a while///

He cast a spell/

The maiden fell/

The rest to you I needn’t tell…///

It is not lewd/

(She’s never nude):/

Cruel Death, as always, soon ensued.///

O, maiden fair/

Beware ! Take care !/

And get the d*v*l outta there!

“I appreciate you carrying me and this chair everywhere. I simply couldn’t tolerate the pity I’d receive were I to travel in a wheelchair. Now, let’s find that chiropractor and determine what’s wrong with your back…”

Thank you but I think I’ll stand…

You Rascal. Holding hands where all can see! At least you’re both dressed well.

sure, i’ll give you your hand back. oh, you mean now…?

For tomorrow:

Met the guys from the Bundeswehr/

It was quickly agreed/

She was born to breed/

So they did it right then and there..

I daresay that some day you will be famous. In a show called Outlander.