Art Interpretation Poems

Mutual reinforcement of illusion 
and expectation. 

House of Livia 
filled in by our imagination.

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Lines disconnected from teachings 
on Art, Poetry at random. 

What did you...

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From the dungeons depths 
Our canary friend had nothing much left 
Speaking like everything was all right 
Invited candy toffees in for a bite 
This...

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A Red, Red Rose
by Robert Burns
translation/interpretation/modernization by Michael R. Burch

Oh, my love is like a red, red rose
that's newly sprung in June
and my love is...

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I held the calligraphy brush and 
Practiced the movement for hours and hours
Somewhere betwixt art and dance
It was meant to look as effortless as a...

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a child’s volcano
in truth — a butte with fog
but let the boy dream

1/17/2019...

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How does one consolidate such great feeling, 
Such knowledge, such powerful, almost frightful thought?
Those passionate notions
That I am sudden to see
Unconscious revelations
Making themselves known ...

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I create - my speaker creates tone
Choosing words selectively - having diction
Writing with an implied attitude
The subject it is created
Whether it be fiction or nonfiction
I...

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When all of lifes moments come undone promise
In chasing after such a pipe dream
She then waited for me at ocean's side to hide
Inside alone wanting...

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made a life grasping at 
straws
(ohwhatdoesitmeanwhat
doesitmeanwhatdoesit
meanwhatdoesitmean?!!),
stripping apart the wonderful
melodies, riffs, curious
vocal stylings, rhythms, poetic
lyrical beats pulsating
throughout, deep bass 
vibrating & hypnotic
drums & percussion,
all to get...

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The radiant sun
Pounds the surface of the earth
Upon the rising of day
Forcing its presence
Onto the green and blue
Allowing the color of day
To be spread upon
The...

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Art reshapes all matter
Wistfully finding spirituality
And meaning in re-creativity.

Journey to monument
Of imagination opens
The door to
Personal insight
Not a test, no correct rejoinder,
We all interpret according
To our...

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