Even as summer passes through its cycle,
I'm not sure when my heart is going to be stable.
I no longer return to our favorite coffee table,
No time to sit and read aloud my fable.
Wandering in loneliness, longing to be a couple,
Ended by a string snapped from one small quarrel.
I search within myself for something lyrical,
Questioning if love between two souls is physical—
Or something shown through the softest gestural,
When loving someone goes beyond the physical.
Dutch artist Willem de Kooning
with gestural* art had a fling
Action expressed with nonchalance
a genre requiring taking a chance
*www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/g/gestural
Wilhelm de Kooning in a state of flux
spontaneous gestures at the crux
Joan Miro with impulsive slashes&spots
broken lined perspective dots
Henri Michaux painting without a thought
arn active process randomly sought
HAIKU is a centuries old Japanese traditional phonetical & cultural poetic form whereas HIKU is a relatively recently established English language version thereof 'birthed' from last half of the 20th century.
Hiku is an imagist tristich like its elder cousin,without a title,and with a similar economy of words ,inherently enigmatic & with a caesura or an ellipsis and surprise ending.
A similar sense of pause the aesthetic insight flowing from perception gained from 'one breath length ' composition that flowed from the Japanesese 17 onji sound inherent in the haiku.
Without any syllabic( 5-7-5 ) line restrictions, the hiku is the 'free verse' version of the haiku,similar but different ,a present tense poetic in another language - hiku is the written or recited equivalent to arts 'gestural spontaneous happening'
.
GESTURAL ART IN ACTION
spontaneous
instinctive
instaneous
informal
freely
formed
random
momentary
immediate
impulsive
impetuousity
in
inherent
perception
Dutch American Wilhem de Kooning
made his gestural actions sing
With intiuitive painterly flux
experiential spontaneity ever the crux
piercing gaze
inviting mouth
gestural noir scene
Dutch artist Willem de Kooning
with gestural* art had a fling
Action expressed with nonchalance
his art always calling for a response
*www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/g/gestural
AN OPEN FORM
bold expressive
applied
spontaneity
of
visceral
feelings
intricate &
unpredictable
evolving
organically
a
physical engagement
energy & emotions
in
&
of the moment
gestures
processed
in
a
sense
of
chaotic
immediacy
gestural
abstraction
immediate
spontaneous
drips blobs
from the tube
non-formal
un-formulated
art informel
sans cérémonie
an
absence
of
a premeditated
structure
conception
or approach
dribbled
splashed
smeared
an emphasis
upon
the physical
process
itself
Poeteer Henri Michaux
imagist influence once did grow
With extravaganza so verbal
&Tachists art so gestural
DISTRACTIONS
figurative
motifs
emotive
gestural
come
naturally
everywhere
remember
a
moment
alongside
influential
imagery
feelings
of the
existential
of purpose
of themes
traversing
meaning
& motivations
to ruuminate
upon
uncover
&
remember
the
power
of
unmistakable
imagination
a
space
full
of
significant
matter
punctuated
by
optical
effect
layered
& entrenched
over
recurring motifs
NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the moment& changing according to mood is inherently variable.
Copyright © Brian Strand
CONFIGURATIONS
excitment
in gestural
figurative
emotive
motifs
highlighted
moments
becoming
reasons
&
influences
of
existential
purposets
incorporating
themes
taking stock
events
in
polar
opposites
to ruminate
over
&
acknowledge
imagination
uncover
see
&remember
so
open
& free
a
collaborative
harmony
as a
starting point
punctuate
&
entrench
a
recurring
optical
effect
of
an
unknown
NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the moment& changing according to mood is inherently variable.
Copyright © Brian Strand
Danish Asgar Jorn
painted boldly in Free formi
A Founder of CoBrA school
with gestural art so cool
COMBINED OUTLINES
gestural flourishes
mingling
with
the
naive
images
solitary
simplicity
of
imagery
reflowering
subtlety
enlarged
rough-hewn
&given
grandeur
a diagram
of isolation
in everyday
images
NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the moment& changing according to mood is inherently variable.
Copyright © Brian Strand
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