Eyes wander over grazed, stained arms
skin thin as canvas
stretching over bone
framing a piece of art so frail
its pigment begins to fade,
paint cracks feather over
every detail
as blurring narratives
fade into
sunlit backdrops
Cut fingers
and pin pricked minds
trace over
origami thought
wrapping lace bandages
over nics
and accidental incisions
sewing stories onto
paper
in bespattered paint
The room swarmed with paper swans
as the floor turned to red
Showing posts with label Bitter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bitter. Show all posts
Sunday, 25 May 2014
Wednesday, 3 July 2013
Blackened Frost
Sea of flowers , bursting with petals
stained a solemn yellow tint
through years of death and decay
A demure hurricane wanders through
With blackened frost
A selcouth sight of the night
Thrusting back the whitened sky of yesterday
That threatens tomorrow nights dreams.
In this poem I took inspiration from the extraordinary poet Emily Dickinson who in many poems reinvented words, for example the adjective white was used in the quote "Dare you see a soul at the white heat?" as a colour of love and danger, in the same poem the colour red is also described as "fire's common tint". It is perhaps Dickinson's reinvention of popular word connotations that makes her work so interesting, it causes the reader to re-think what words mean to them.
I explored the meanings of the following words, not changing their meaning but the connotations that go with them.
Flowers: natures gravestone
Yellow: A sour colour of mourning and age
Black: a friendly warm colour of hope and prosperity
White: A colour of danger and mourning
Hurricane: A welcome gust of wind and drizzle
Frost: A friendly feeling of presence (similar to the feeling of being hugged)
stained a solemn yellow tint
through years of death and decay
A demure hurricane wanders through
With blackened frost
A selcouth sight of the night
Thrusting back the whitened sky of yesterday
That threatens tomorrow nights dreams.
In this poem I took inspiration from the extraordinary poet Emily Dickinson who in many poems reinvented words, for example the adjective white was used in the quote "Dare you see a soul at the white heat?" as a colour of love and danger, in the same poem the colour red is also described as "fire's common tint". It is perhaps Dickinson's reinvention of popular word connotations that makes her work so interesting, it causes the reader to re-think what words mean to them.
I explored the meanings of the following words, not changing their meaning but the connotations that go with them.
Flowers: natures gravestone
Yellow: A sour colour of mourning and age
Black: a friendly warm colour of hope and prosperity
White: A colour of danger and mourning
Hurricane: A welcome gust of wind and drizzle
Frost: A friendly feeling of presence (similar to the feeling of being hugged)
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Bitter Broken Heart
If at any moment
Your heart may utter my name
Silence it
Tear its words from your chest
And banish them
From your thoughts
Run a silver dagger
Along your lips
To stain her lips
As you tainted mine
Slip a sinful poison
Into your drink
And whither a slow
And painful heartache
May your suffering soul
Cry out in pain
A Sorrow filled scream
Strangled by my lust for you
Inspired by the poem Havisham by Carol Ann Duffy, I explored the feelings of heartache and envy, telling the tale of a girl who's heart has been shattered to many times to ever recover.
Your heart may utter my name
Silence it
Tear its words from your chest
And banish them
From your thoughts
Run a silver dagger
Along your lips
To stain her lips
As you tainted mine
Slip a sinful poison
Into your drink
And whither a slow
And painful heartache
May your suffering soul
Cry out in pain
A Sorrow filled scream
Strangled by my lust for you
Inspired by the poem Havisham by Carol Ann Duffy, I explored the feelings of heartache and envy, telling the tale of a girl who's heart has been shattered to many times to ever recover.
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