Sunday, July 17, 2011

TRACING PICASSO/ Poetry Potluck #44


                                                                      Pablo Picasso


THIS IS ART WEEK...at Poetry Potluck #44, Painting Whispers....


TRACING PICASSO
I don't want his psyche to slip away
as I grasp for the quintessence.
I place translucent paper
on top of the Picasso,
fit the edges to meet and cling.

I mean to let his genius
float through the lucid instant,
as artistic salvation
transfuses his brilliance
into my hand.

I trace the dissonant face
with my slender crayon,
eyes in profile like isosceles triangles.

A trick of the light,
round orbs,
a nose thrust aside,
seeming akin to a beached flounder.

A cheerless outcome for a paramour,
unexpectedly looking like a fish.


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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 17, 2011 at 11:39 PM

    "A cheerless outcome for a paramour..."

    Sigh. You've got game, girl.

    Gorgeous poetry.

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  2. Shashidhar SharmaJuly 18, 2011 at 1:23 AM

    I don't think that you missed the essence of the painter...
    'I don't want his psyche to slip away
    as I grasp for the quintessence.'
    Loved it from the first line.... and then on to the ending which was like the real painting whispers... of your inner voice... I liked it a lot..
    Thanks for sharing... and painting your whispers...

    ॐ नमः शिवाय
    Om Namah Shivaya
    http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com/2011/07/whispers-memories-to-live-by.html

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  3. UnknownJuly 18, 2011 at 7:36 AM

    Nice Lyn, really nice.

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  4. LynJuly 18, 2011 at 7:58 AM

    Hi Bryce-
    You've made my day!..thanks for your lovely comment!

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  5. LynJuly 18, 2011 at 8:01 AM

    Hi Shashi-
    Thanks for your interest... very good reflection on your part..and thanks for the Twitter follow!

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  6. LynJuly 18, 2011 at 8:02 AM

    Hi Jane-
    Always appreciate your visit and kind words...thanks!

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  7. JingleJuly 18, 2011 at 11:04 PM

    admirable painting whispers.

    Cheers.
    Thanks for sharing,

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  8. LynJuly 18, 2011 at 11:18 PM

    Hi Jingle-
    Thank you for this great topic..loved it! Always inspiring..

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  9. MargieJuly 20, 2011 at 12:30 AM

    Awesome, Lyn, just awesome writing!

    Margie :)

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  10. LynJuly 20, 2011 at 8:14 AM

    Hi Margie-
    Thank you so much..this felt like an exploration to me...

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