these surfaces
where time meets
space, reflecting
upon what? faded backdrops
absorb the opening when
shadowed by the hand–
ourselves
as constructed
narratives—so small and so
incompletely, barely, cast
For dVerse, Frank asked us to compose a poem ending with a couplet.
K. 
There is so much to this, Kerfe. I almost as obsessed with shadows as I am reflections. They seem related–a sort of alternate world. But this–our small lives–hands reaching out into time and space. I really like words and image.
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Thanks Merril. I think you are right–shadows and reflections come from the same place. They may be portals, but in different ways.
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Ahhh–yes, portals.
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This got me thinking hard. I had never looked at it like that before, the shadow as part of something outside the painting moving through time, but having no nature of its own. What a journey!
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Thanks Jane. Sometimes I don’t know where these words come from. Shadows always interest me though.
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Yes, they are so hard to get a grip on, always changing, and who do they belong to?
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #4: K’s latest solo #renga!
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Thanks Frank!
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I like the shadow of the hand below the tear in the top photograph. I also like the reference to incompletely cast narratives in the final couplet.
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Thanks Frank.
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Did you know, “Each shadow has 3 different areas: the umbra, the penumbra, and the antumbra.” There is a story in the Chuang Tzu that talks about the Penumbra and your photos and poems made me think of it. You’re onto something here, K. An altered, viable state of reality.
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You are a fountain of interesting information! I’ll have to explore further.
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I knew you would want to know it and will use it.
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I saw Frank’s poem, Kerfe. Yours and his are both terrific.
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Thanks Robbie. I always enjoy Frank’s insights as well.
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I love the sparseness in this, Kerfe, the way it sits on the page.
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Thanks Jim. I always like when a reader shows me a different aspect of what I’ve written.
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Maybe our shadow is becoming part of the art itself…
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That’s quite possible.
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Shadows as projections of absence, perhaps? And, is the result a response of the underlying surface, or one of our perception?
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Shadows have so many dimensions,. They are and yet they are not. They hide and they reveal.
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