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Drop Cloth Dreams

Drop cloth dreams  


It has been found that given enough time
failure will find this destined loser
lurking in gallery tints
and watercolor fault lines

semi gloss replaced by flat

Painting abstract nothings
on a canvas made of words
Broken brushes stain the existing
balance with a voice that collects the remnants

speaking tarnished silver when silence should be golden

Pop art wastelands of dotted balloons
float above the ground where his face falls,
shamed and hidden, in plain sight
with eyes holding quarters of bygone years

melting clocks keep time with his idiocy

Impressionists laugh at his existence
in muted tone chuckles and turpentine snickers
Stretched on easels of dislodged glances
with splattered smocks tied in double knots

one size fits all

This palette of mixed memories
resting on mainstream notions, waits
for the end is sure to come
finding him alone with an empty imagination

and nothing but drop cloth dreams



6/1/17
For the JUNE PREMIERE CONTEST Poetry Contest  
Sponsored by Brian Strand

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Darren White

Date: 6/5/2017 8:15:00 AM

Winning or losing does only matter if there is no one appreciating the poem. The people below, including me, love this poem. You're a master painter with images, I can see them, almost touch them, and if this is only a cloth dream, can I please have it when it is finished? It will have a place of honor above my bed :) Beautiful, my friend, and congratulations on your placement

Chris Green
Date: 6/5/2017 9:48:00 AM

Thanks so much Darren. Sure you can have it when I finish. It would be my honor. : )

Lisa Ricci

Date: 6/4/2017 5:49:00 PM

Hello Chris. This is very reflective with sadness as the painter views his life. May that canvas not be empty and may the drop cloth have stains of various and numerous colors to prove life and worth. Well done in its entirety. Honestly. Best of luck with the contest.

Chris Green
Date: 6/5/2017 9:47:00 AM

Thank you so very much my friend. I always look forward to your wonderful comments on my poetry.

Hazel Connelly

Date: 6/2/2017 1:10:00 PM

Congrats Chris.

Chris Green
Date: 6/5/2017 9:46:00 AM

Thank you so very much Hazel.

Maria Williams

Date: 6/2/2017 9:46:00 AM

This is such an touching poem Chris - as Anne-Marie said it reminds me too of Van Gogh and his struggle, battling his critics. Picasso also had a strange style and look where he got in the art world. Your word picture canvases will always remain glossy and the silver will never tarnish...Maria

Chris Green
Date: 6/5/2017 9:46:00 AM

Thank you so very much my good friend. I am so happy you enjoyed this one. I appreciate your kind words to me.

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 6/2/2017 8:02:00 AM

Back for congrats!

Chris Green
Date: 6/5/2017 9:42:00 AM

Thank you Kim.

Anne-Marie Coreggia

Date: 6/2/2017 7:07:00 AM

I am back to say this splendid write of yours reminded me of many an artist plight like Van Gogh's whose talent was not fully appreciated 'till after his death (he only sold one painting during his lifetime) 7 to infinity if ratings were allowed.

Chris Green
Date: 6/5/2017 9:42:00 AM

Thank you again my friend. Some I am certain have never been or will never be considered famous, but that doesn't make it good art. :)

Anne-Marie Coreggia

Date: 6/2/2017 6:45:00 AM

The imagination is bursting at the seams in this masterpiece Chris with "speaking tarnished silver when silence should be golden" "eyes holding quarters of bygone years" and "melting clocks" keeping time "with his idiocy" to only quote a few of the many incredible lines that speak so clearly of a very talented artist whose "palette of mixed memories" is anything but "one size fits all" because, once the cloth is dropped, the dreams fly off the page, which is the mark of a true artist :) A Fave!

Chris Green
Date: 6/5/2017 9:41:00 AM

Thank you Anne Marie for this wonderful comment on my poem. I am so thrilled you liked it. Your kindness it so truly appreciated my friend.

Lenna Walker

Date: 6/1/2017 8:01:00 PM

Nooo, I hope that never happens to any artist, regardless of the kind of art. For what is art with an empty imagination? Well written Chris :) good luck in the contest !!

Chris Green
Date: 6/5/2017 9:39:00 AM

Thanks so very much Lenna.

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 6/1/2017 7:09:00 PM

I pray you shall never find the end of your imagination, my friend!

Chris Green
Date: 6/5/2017 9:39:00 AM

Thanks you so much Kim.