Brave’s just a little bit bolder,
I am willing to take that risk.
It gets old and I get older,
brave’s just a little bit bolder.
Pep in that step set to smolder,
I’m polished as an odalisque.
Brave’s just a little bit bolder,
I am willing to take that risk.
carving into colour
daydreams
hold sway
a melange
sans seeing red
in simple
harmony
joy
and
calm
in stark
intensity
a spray
of leaves
on canvas
pose
locks in shocks
chevelure en
famille
odalisque
curved
& sevelte
nude
pastiche
art
with passion
shown
scissors of
osmosis mode
maquettes
& abstracts
shapes
stark
sensation
collage
to imitate
&
never
fade
Beach Boys
Male, wise virgin sly.
within their pubic-awkward
brawn, they testify
to ultimate wry-caricatured
innocence of flesh.
The body? Yes. But strutting chaste
and mirror brave--enough
for mirror bluff.
None dares to risk
(or daring, could but hate)
A dim-lit face-to-face
With female, wantflesh Odalisque.
MATISSE AGAIN
Amelie,Marguerite each neat
dressed oh so sweet.Lorette
Antoinette portrayed so calm
and yet..day dreaming
student,Italian or odalisque
upstairs maid,enchapeau,chevelure
I’m sure, one if not all
awaited Henri’s call, never
to suppose immortality in
their canvas pose.
Listen to me read this ekphrasis on youtube under name of ichthyschiro
MADAME MATISSE 1
green with envy
a master's wife-
portrait-not still life
MARGUERITE 2
oh marguerite
oh so sweet
in pretty dress,so neat
HAIR 3
la chevelure-
locks in shocks
matisse,ma cher
LORETTE 4
lorette,ma petite
so sad,so sweet
THE SISTER 5
one of three,enfamille
her gaze,engages,we
AN ODALISQUE 6
curve and shape,for sure
sans evrything,mais
concubine et paramour
STUDENT GIRL 7
greta moll-
still life,doll
ITALIAN GIRL 8
laurette,ma petite
model italiano,svelte
UPSTAIRS MAID 9
ever-present
never hurried or delayed
within dining-table laid
CHAPEAU GIRL 10
chapeau fleuri
feminine
charmante,mais oui
DAY-DREAMER 11
lost in thought
day-dreams hold sway
thoughts drift miles away
ANTOINETTE 12
portrait of still life
so calm,...and yet..
See my cartoons @matissemaidens.blogspot.com
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