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Building


Painting by The Greco-Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978). His paintings "seem deserted by humanity despite ostensible signs of life, they have often been described as haunted." This poem is based off of the vibe I got from his work for Dverse 

Pulses
as if blood can replenish
life

As stain walls echo
spoons clacking against hallow bowls
wishing bread into existence for hunger

pulses

wending to the sea
praying it will open
before wind taps shoulders
that cease to exist

Ossified hearts
kept stones from dancing
as dust turned back to dust

The wind hissing at the monument
"We were here first"

11 comments:

  1. great textures throughout that add to that haunting...the tapping of the spoons of the hungry...ossified hearts...the stained walls...great take on the prompt...

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  2. The last lines give me a chill. If the wind could speak, it might say that.

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  3. You've recreated that haunting feeling that they ascribe to de Chirico. Nice.

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  4. so many great images. so much stone, even the hearts and wishing bread into existence for hunger.

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  5. I love the images in this poem. "Ossified hearts" gives me pause!

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  6. I agree with everyone that you use such wonderful images here. And, how can I not like those last two lines. Wonderful :)

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  7. Fabulously haunting... carrying the truth well, powerful finish!

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  8. hauntingly beautiful - esp. the last lines gave me chills...love the spoons against hallow bowls...great take on the prompt

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  9. words evoke and echo the emptiness of the hall and of perhaps the artist

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  10. This is wonderful for all the reasons shared above. You really captured the vibe in sumptuous language.

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  11. Great interpretation of the work and the artist combining to give to us this fantastic piece. Awesome.

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