Debbie Guzzi Poet Free verse

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Tina's Night

Beltran ,the artist, has seen Christina,
seen her crawling form, statuary still,
in the field of grass
inching only in the minds eye.
He has wondered, as did Wyeth
what might she have been
been before the polio took her lower limbs
when she could stand and walk upright.

Beltran's nymph Christina 'light' in sailor pink
sleeveless and fragile stands stalwart
and considers the blacken air, the
skeletal house the ghost lights in the sky.
No forward motion can we spy 
and action lays behind her 
her arms and wrists crossed.
And though the rows invite cajole
the Little Tina toward the night
we see she's having none of it
a tornado comes this night.

*Please See About the Poem for Andrew Wyth's Christina's World

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Debbie Guzzi January 30, 2012 at 11:05 AM What I said about Wyth's Christina is true and part of history, as to the newer artist I was assuming he had seen Wyth's painting I do not know that!

Andrea Dietrich January 29, 2012 at 5:12 PM Deb's, I have always LOVED this picture. Is this all true about the character of the poem? Or were you inspired to just make that story about it? REALLY nice, Debs. Thanks for showing the picture but by the way you were describing it I knew exactly what picture you were describing.