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Bond of Union
Bond of Union (After: M.C. Escher) Joined by a seamless bond, yet each distinct, The artist and his wife appear, (stylised In three dimensional transparency Pre-dating holographic imagery), Linked at both brow and neck; the spiral band Binds them more […]
Flaming June
Flaming June (After: Lord Leighton) Like Summer sunlight shining on a scene Of coastal sunset beauty, there she lies In shimmer-colours, somnolently calm; Orange, auburn, red, pale pink, with silver Highlights reflecting from smooth waves, and shades Of shadowed green and […]
Isometrics
Isometrics (Sentimental Values) It’s really not a picture worthy of the name; Five crudely figurative, annotated forms, Sketched thinly on pink paper in black ink, with no Æsthetic content that can be perceived therefrom. It must have some extrinsical significance That […]
Impossible Cuboid
Impossible Cuboid (After: M.C. Escher) The cube is simply outlined; just its form – A black void where its solid planes should be And all around its enigmatic shape – In spectral colours red, gold, green and blue, Contingently […]
Polyphemus
Polyphemus (After: J.W.M. Turner) At dawn they’d spiked his Cyclopean eye As he still deeply dreamed in stupored sleep. Sightlessly bloodied, he had heard their shouts As, from beneath his giant sheep, they dropped And […]
Ancient Symbolry
Ancient Symbolry When their new baby comes there will be mirth As, with melodious anthems they will raise Loud celebrations and loud shouts of praise For the succession which it then confirms Upon their family; all care’s concerns Paled by their […]
Swan Song
Swan Song [In Memoriam: E. J. (Ted) Hughes] (Poet Laureate: 1984-98) i. The suddenness of his departure caught Some unawares, though he had clearly guessed The time of his migration far ahead Since, in his final months amongst us, he Published those private poems which comprise […]
Age
L’Âge Les jours et les nuits Ma chevelure grise Tombe comme les pluies. Je dois rester sage, Reprendre courage; C’est juste mon âge !. [ Age By night and by day My hair, silver-grey, Rains down without stay. I must remain sage, Regain […]
Sausage in a Pot
Sausage in a Pot Sausage in a Pot (for Ana & Léo) I’m a sausage in a pot. A pot that’s getting far too hot!. But if I could escape this spot It would not much improve my plight Because the […]
Hylas
Hylas (After: J.W. Waterhouse) Leaving his fellow-Argonauts hunting fresh food Nearer the shore, (himself intent on water clean And cool), he chanced upon a lily-flowered pool Deep in the shady forest. As he filled his flask […]