in between
simultaneous
transition
My poem “To Cleave” has been posted at Visual Verse. As I’ve done in the past, I’ve written a greatly distilled version, above. You can read the original poem here.
The art is my ink and neocolor interpretation of Tanya Layko’s prompt photo. I’ve been trying to do more work in my sketchbook, inspired by the journals of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson. I got the book “Raggin’ On”, based on an exhibition of her work, out of the library. I knew her textile work, but not her drawing and painting. She often draws freely in ink, and then paints or draws or writes over and around the drawings just as freely. What I learned most from her work was not to labor too much, to get the essence down without trying too hard. Robinson had a full and interesting life.
Above is the original drawing I did, and below is Layko’s photo.
Congratulations on VV, K. I love your reboot of the photo with the neon rainbow colors. The entire poem has cosmoplasmic depth.
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Thanjs Jade. The photo has a lot of depth–good inspiration.
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You’re very welcome.
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Congrats! You see the same back and forth, change and transform in the two models as you do in nature.
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Thanks Jane. It’s all of a piece I think. Dance should be a reflection of the natural world.
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So many things dance without making a big deal about it. It is natural, part of the circle/cycle.
I sent them a poem I was quite pleased with but I don’t think they’re going to publish it.
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It’s so hard for me to figure out–I like this poem, but they’ve rejected better ones.
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It’s a mystery to me. But I’m not very open-minded about poetry. An awful lot of the stuff I read on line seems to me to be not very good.
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The same could be said of critic’s darlings who have books that get reviewed.
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Or celebrities. If you can kick a football or star in a soap you can write great books too apparently.
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Full of wisdom.
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The deepest kind.
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Oh, marvellous, the full poem and what you did with the prompt image. Congratulations!
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Thanks Manja. I was pleasantly surprised that they published it.
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Very different image and I like it. There’s something very real about the two figures and the colors are lovely. N.
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Thanks Nina. I love neocolors–both the colors rhemselves and what you can do with them.
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Congratulations Kerfe: I love the artistic as well as the poetic response!
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Thanks Ingrid.
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Mazal tov!
I sort of feel like my saying “I love this” must get tiring, but… I love this!
❤
David
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Thanks David. It’s always gratifying to get published, even if I still can’t figure out how selections are made most of the time.
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I haven’t even tried it – feels stressful to me!
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It can be depressing to get a string of rejections. I’m better with it than I used to be.
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Congratulations, Kerfe! I really like both your poem and the art. There’s a feeling of liminal and universal in both–everything connected and a part of something larger.
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Thanks Merril. It is all connected, as we know.
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