Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Lying on my back in a lavender field near Gallium


"Night Route to Gallium,"  Duct Tape art by Michigan Artist Pete Warburton

Against a dark and endless sky
the stars that Vincent loosed go by
to spiral through a painted night.
He gave them wings and taught them flight
that we might learn to make reply.

My words aren’t stars, yet stars are nigh—
They spill into this poem I
describe with intimate delight
against a dark and endless sky.

Or chaos, or a thousand sighs
will not reduce the star’s supply.
I’ll watch with Vincent—learn his sight
and fill my canvas with this light
against a dark and endless sky.

(I bought this artwork by Pete Warburton--isn't it amazing?  Duct tape, of all things.  And beauty.)

3 comments:

  1. beautiful!!! I love this "Or chaos, or a thousand sighs
    will not reduce the star’s supply." truly truly beautiful poetry.

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    1. David and Laura, I thank you for these kind words. I don't do the rhyming very often but this was fun and I liked the results. And David, I hope you get to see more of Warburton's art. Go t the Biggby coffee house on Maple, across from Zingerman's Roadhouse. They have lots of his work in there.

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