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| Le Pho (1907-2001), Femme au perroquet (Lady with A Parrot) (1938) |
You have returned my feathered friend
on bright wings of marvelous flight
you have seen places I will never see
for I am forbidden to leave the garden
but I know there is beauty beyond the
blue and gold curtain of mystery
Teach me the words you have mastered
I will pronounce them purposefully
syllable by syllable giving honor
to your gift of language
I have gathered the finest seeds to
trade for your seeds of thought
I am hungry for knowledge and my
poetic heart yearns to feed on new
phrases
You are my wings to a higher consciousness
chattering secrets of the unknown
Through you I learn the wisdom of
listening as well as speaking
written for dVerse
hosted my Melissa
writing poetry to selected artwork
Thank you for reading!
Peace & Light
You have given her a way to soar even though bound. Nice!
ReplyDeleteI love your creative response to the painting. Being taught by the bird is a nice touch! Well done.
ReplyDeleteI love that you wrote your poem from the first-person point of view of the lady in the painting, Truedessa, speaking to the bird, and explored her lack of freedom and company, especially in the lines:
ReplyDelete‘You are my wings to a higher consciousness
chattering secrets of the unknown
Through you I learn the wisdom of
listening as well as speaking’.