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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’.
This is so beautiful, True. I love every word.
ReplyDeleteI love that you’ve created a conversation between woman and bird, and the idea of each one teaching the other. We have so much to learn from all creatures, great and small.
ReplyDeleteI love the tone, the words she uses to speak to the bird ~ Well done, True .. well done.
ReplyDeleteWow.. the image of the bird as the one bearing the news to her in her garden (a prison) that made me think of Odin's two ravens.
ReplyDeleteEither of these could have been the captive, but you have voiced the captive woman's plight beautifully...
ReplyDeleteWonderful piece True, well written — I love the way you animate the painting, it breaths with life… 👍🏼✌🏼
ReplyDelete"teach me the words you have mastered"-- i love the idea of the bird discovering the world for her and then sharing the new words. beautiful!
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