Long Vermeer Poems

“50 Words for Poe: Automata”





Haunted eyes of an automaton
the monkey grinds his music
outside the Magic Theatre
Harry looks on

"For Madmen Only"

He enters of his own volition.

Boxcars he rolls
Double Sixes! the Macabre Maestro
conducts his orchestra
Hermine still sings

A...

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as if Monet had planted water lilies in Babylon

          hanging gardens at the heart of a canvas of joy

       ...

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"Girl with a Pearl Earring" is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, dated c. 1665. Going by various names over the centuries, it became known by its present title towards the...

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A Billion Soul Mates
By Rick Rucker

I don’t think that there’s one “soul mate,”
No more than there is a “perfect” date.

In searching for a match,
I easily found a glorious catch!

To say I love her, makes me...

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My girlfriend is not a poet in  the way that most people mean. 
She is a collector of rare and valuable information. Today,

she told me about cats & the color of their coats. We...

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On the skeleton of a sleeping goddess is my beloved Netherlands, 
Waters in her branches are curling my roots as a Dutchman 
And her gigantic heart seemed to born the beauties you may choose and...

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Magnetic attraction, enchanting dream of a lifetime -
	majestic pyramid attracts my eye, 
	mystique draws me in
	
O, your architecture! Pavilions, colonnades; art enclosing art,
	every square inch deliberately designed,
	ceilings pour forth scintillating splendor
	
Antiquities from Rome, Egypt, the...

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Art from the heart, a religion of ritual,
where One summons God and glory to center stage,
your spirit enriched by the self confidence that ensues
as inspiration smells like cedar and feels like sanctity,
the physics of mystics...

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Time of change, years ago
Since then life's bittersweet
Cold seeped into my life force
This engendered great remorse.

History coloured many days
Odd wondrous moments enjoyed
Benjamin Disraeli kissed my hand
His charm I managed to withstand.

Was presented at Russian court
Dressed...

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VIRGINAL GIRL
begin the beguine..
Make your music mine
LAUGHING GIRL
joy's outflow-from eyes aglow
GIRL WITH EARRING
a look of love-
into eternity's mirror
LACEMAKING GIRL
intricate detail
patient design-
portrait of time
MUSIC GIRL
when the music ends-
we no longer can pretend
LETTER GIRL
a few words
can make...

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A final letter from the heart my love



You sat in Vermeer’s room, maid by side;
As daylight positioned at your writing place,
Decanted through the stained glass view-
Where she did stand; there; observing
Those that came and went.
Your...

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Written: May 5th, 2025, for contest by Brian Strand

Painting by Peter Doig. A concise abstract on Abbey Road and its pivotal moment.   He subsequently produced outstanding music.   His music resembled pleasant...

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~Master  Painters~
(The Cinquain  Chain )



~O~


Paintings
Some beautiful
Masterpieces I love
The Mona Lisa with that smile 
Arcane

Arcane
Delightful ones
Paintings that bring much joy
Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Gogh, Kinkaid
Masters

Masters
Of great paintings
God given gifts that glows
Study their work looking at...

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~Master  Painters~
( Cinquain  Chain )



Paintings
Some beautiful
Masterpieces I love
The Mona Lisa with that smile 
Arcane

Arcane
Delightful ones
Paintings that bring much joy
Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Gogh, Kinkaid
Masters

Masters
Of great paintings
God given gifts that glows
Study their work looking at...

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~Master  Painters~
(The Cinquain  Chain )


Paintings
Some beautiful
Masterpieces I love
The Mona Lisa with that smile 
Arcane

Arcane
Delightful ones
Paintings that bring much joy
Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Gogh, Kinkaid
Masters

Masters
Of great paintings
God given gifts that glows
Study their work looking at...

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~Master  Painters~
(The Cinquain  Chain )


Paintings
Some beautiful
Masterpieces I love
The Mona Lisa with that smile 
Arcane

Arcane
Delightful ones
Paintings that bring much joy
Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Gogh, Kinkaid
Masters

Masters
Of great paintings
God given gifts that glows
Study their work looking at...

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Vermeer never disappoints, capturing people muted in shadows
Officer and laughing girl is a weird name for this one
I have seen many laughing people, she barely smiles
But who am I to argue with the artist who...

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Ars Longa

It finally happened!
Someone in the East Wing
Goateed a Madonna and redid a Rembrant
a la de Kooning.

A blond with Vogue patterns
is crouched on the hall--
She's eyeing a Van Gogh
eyeing her from the wall.

We judge from...

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~Master Painters~
(The Cinquain  Chain )


Paintings
Some beautiful
Masterpieces I love
The Mona Lisa with that smile 
Arcane

Arcane
Delightful ones
Paintings that bring much joy
Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Gogh, Kinkaid
Masters

Masters
Of great paintings
God given gifts that glows
Study their work looking at them
Brings...

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~Master Painters~
(The Cinquain  Chain )


Paintings
Some beautiful
Masterpieces I love
The Mona Lisa with that smile 
Arcane

Arcane
Delightful ones
Paintings that bring much joy
Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Gogh, Kinkaid
Masters

Masters
Of great paintings
God given gifts that glows
Study their work looking at them
Brings...

Read More

~Master Painters~
(The Cinquain Chain)


Paintings
Some beautiful
Masterpieces I love
The Mona Lisa with that smile 
Arcane

Arcane
Delightful ones
Paintings that bring much joy
Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Gogh, Kinkaid
Masters

Masters
Of great paintings
God given gifts that glows
Study their work looking at them
Brings joy

Brings joy
Many...

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~Master Painters~
(American Cinquain Chain)


Paintings
Some beautiful
Masterpieces I love
The Mona Lisa with that smile of hers
Arcane

Arcane
Delightful ones
Paintings that bring much joy
Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Gogh, Kinkade
Masters

Masters
Of great paintings
God given gifts that glows
Study their work looking at them
Brings joy

Brings...

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My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun. 
Her skin's mahogany, not regal white. 
She slaps on paints and fillers by the ton, 
and has the dress sense of an anchorite. 

Fastidious? Only in her...

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My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun. 
Her skin's mahogany, not regal white. 
She slaps on paints and fillers by the ton, 
and has the dress sense of an anchorite. 

Fastidious? Only in her...

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”... there is no con troll…”
and those who know,
ARE the Spice.
Hobbit, be nice, they said
Trees return to the desert bed
”.... time is moving….”
Stow the bell and pass the soothing….
Girl got eyes alive with tunes and
Brandywine...

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