Daver Austin Poet Free verse

Cezanne Study - the House of the Hanged Man

CEZANNE STUDY – The House of the Hanged Man

Late Autumn

Buried in a hill,
Steep as descent from humanity,
A country house stands.
It’s late autumn,
Deep, sick autumn –
Deep as the plunging cellar door,
And fronting, its branches stripped, begging skyward,
This raped tree
Which no longer hides the window –
The window, like a large, trumpeting mouth.
*No E flat clarinet here,
*No Eulenspiegel, opaque humor.
No – The whole, a ground interment,
Is color of rotting flesh,
This God-awful house!

*Til Eulenspiegel was a German buffoon who delighted in playing
nasty tricks on the nobility. He was hanged.
*The E flat clarinet is high pitched, capable of sounding the pitiful
cries of Til as he mounts the scaffold

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Joe Maverick October 14, 2012 at 12:46 PM Wow a sad one here Daver.."

Andrea Dietrich August 22, 2012 at 5:27 PM aha, here it is, your BEST poem this week. I just love this one. Something about the mood of it. a fave.

Michelle Mac Donald August 16, 2012 at 7:59 AM HI!! Oh if ignorance is bliss, Daver, why do I no feel so bissful?! Fun and interesting for me, I got to look up some of his artwork...I saw the "Bathers" there as well!:) Deep and diverse write happening here! "CEZANNE" was as much of an impressionist in art, as you are to music & poetry. This write gives that painting an eerie and mysterious feel!:) Love it Daver!! Mikki

David Williams August 15, 2012 at 9:05 AM Daver this is enrapturing! held me from start to end, Love it...David