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MAGRITTE 

dream world
unfurled

DEGAS BALLET

a pose
on toes

WARHOL  FACES

monroe
tableaux

Premium Member SURREALITY

SURREALITY
the secret
            dread..
reopened
a
chance
      happening..

  the discovery
        alienates,
the spell
         persists
after
      it had dispersed..
reality remains..
          ...indifferent


the fantastic
absurd
emphasised
into
the everyday
unexpected

  dreamscapes
tableaux
   .juxtaposed
snapshots
nuggets
unseen
   .throughout
yet
evident

attitudes
notions
faded
with
 stereotypes
in focus

Premium Member Sentiment An Open Form

SENTIMENT
 commitment
highly personal
 orthodoxy.
in
 modern values
so
enigmatic


a
tableaux
displayed
an inward
looking
response
a
temporary
 reaction
ushering
youthful
 fervour

distancing
the
inherent
musing
mediated
&
inscribed

 the
   ultimate
  translation
   remains
to
overtly
   accomplish


Premium Member Surreaity

SURREALITY
the fantastic
absurd
emphasised
into
the everyday
unexpected

  dreamscapes
tableaux
juxtaposed
snapshots
nuggets
unseen
throughout
yet
evident

attitudes
notions
faded
 stereotype
in focus

influence
displayed
to
 focus

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.
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Premium Member Disconnections

DISCONNECTIONS

harmony order
reason &
beauty

&
incidentals
severed
by
upheavals
cerebral &
 austere

a purveyor of
dimensions
to catalogue
&measure reveals
 the obsessive
 elaborate
  laboriously
constructed
tableaux
of
destruction

so instantly
 recognisable in
impressive &
immaculate
artefacts
to
specifically
fire the imagination
&
 concentrate
the interplay 
of
reason in
perpetual motion
 in grappling
&
 conveying
  the painstakingly
drumbeat
of
sensation
amid the melee
of the
orchestrated
  ensembles
   at a distance

the measured
mood
detached
 artificial
yet in
symmetry
 knitting
everything together
in
  cool respect

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.

Premium Member Moonlight Moment

Goblet of moonlight overflowed
Spilling glow, dusting ground
Spread over deep winter forest
Creating oasis fey folk found.

Moonbeams hang on denuded trees
Magical warmth spreads its glow
Forest creatures for one short hour
Join fairy folk in happy tableaux.

Enchantment fades it will not last
Winter will not be usurped this way
Silence so cold all creatures depart
Memory savored until spring day.


Pixabay image: BlueHeartGraphics


Truth

And then at the maximum point
Of the graph of my life function
I met Seemorgh.
I opened his tome of wisdom
And pondered the other meanings
Of human words.

I had to descend heavily,
Plumes flown away,
Afterwards, to the earthen plane
Wherefrom I had just risen up
To see the plainsmen still mixing
Green with crimson.

After I had visited Him,
I had no right to order them.
I locked my tongue
Lest I might vex
The great painters,
And left them all
To suffer under their burdens—
Worthy tableaux wrapped in white shrouds.

I was an old wolf mocked by dogs;
And indifferently watched the ants
Nest on my skin;
And shared with flies
The morsel I had in my mouth.
And then I was an unseen truth.

December 1980

No comments, please!

What's New

Short grasses and weeny worms,
got some substantial time,
to breath in.

Hungry birds,
concealed inside the shelter,
have flapped the feathery wings.

Sweet little squirrels,
cuddling one another,
have started foraging food.

Rats and rabbits,
raised their heads,
from inside the tunnel.

Succulent winged newborn butterflies,
finally basked in the sun,
had their first flight.

Ain't these the common things?
Anything new here ?

These were the tableaux,
after perpetual rain.
Verily, there were the same scenes,
before that perpetual rain.
But then, 
did we really cherish the Sun?

Premium Member The Passion

full of emotion
       pulsating
       brooding
       heaving
parsed
           by desire
with
      feelings
              of the heart
a
   voyage
             of discovery
poignant
aglow
       audacious
                 & 
            breathless
an intuitive
                tableaux
with
gestures
      explicit
        &
       visible
                 flooding
the moment

    overflowing
             frantic
!onging to
               give
floating
 in uncharted
                    seas
to a love
              afire
...
    to
       savour

sensuous
   burning
    with fiery
         passion
a consuming
         flame

driven to despair
all
   peace of mind
              no more
wounded
    deeply tortured
without
the semblance
            of reality

mediocrity

a silent shadow
on
circumstance

suddenly

             hope
in a sense of beauty

unforced earnestness
conceived

a state
      of fermentation
vivacious
    &
      exciting
what bliss
what delight
              free
              unconcealed

to know love
&
stand amazed

Premium Member Infra Red

restless
eyes aflame
love dances
        with desire,
laid bare
in a tableaux
        of passion

Dig

Hast thou clouds? Hast thou storms? Which saintly light kisses and caresses the overgrown field. Such emblematic curves. Notions are not a daisy nor a blade of grass and a blanket can be created from branches. Yes branches. Is not a wandering a way of locating oneself. Ruins cam be rebuilt and reinventing can be obtained. Wishes are waiting. Willing is wanting. And watering is weaving. Creating calmly calamities causing chaotic caustic creative chops. Birthday notions of a dwindling pickle is rife when bathed in auric dew. Wonderful. Great isn't it? So upon reaching rubble take care when uncovering past missions. Swords dwell in ancient spires. And shells move slowly to the ball. Valour of the tableaux. And a linguistic king in a scarlet cape. Wise. Good. Goblets hidden. Dishes. Wine. Nothing is exact in a tourism channel. Houses historically hide. Heavens then. Waters glowing. Many caves. Globally positioned. *** archeological z

Premium Member Dutch Delicacies Suggestions of Reality

Sublime reflections ,eye catching tableaux

monstich ekphrasis  tribute to Dutch realism in art

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Bus Stop

Sitting in the waiting room her sunlit day; complying to their sequence
Amid a foregone conclusion ? Appearing suddenly out of nowhere
Ineffable somehow it seems this, March two thousand twelve's
National Geographic's copy titled, 'The Journey of the Apostles....
Theocracy's last supper sublime; tableaux ? Instinct taking hold slowly
Savoir-faire walking past these doors surely tis for me ? Sanctum sanctorum
Seder thirty years now, gone by ? Why his doctor queried; Angels in the mist hieros.

Premium Member Expressionist Posies

Wild are the spring flowers which win my heart 
wood violets blue, and those Johnnie jump-Up starts
waves of ajunta burgundy glow 
pierced with lost daffodils standing apart
a gourmands delight admired a la carte
'mong seas of forsythia fences are draped.

Bushes of fuzzywillows looking smart, 
cozy up to dirt roads soften the heart. 
even the dandelions make a fine tableaux
as off I go my head spinning with art      
to paint images, the sweet and the tart 
expressionist posies, as if for VanGogh.

Indian strawberries dot gardens in beds
as buttercups yellow, slip through rye grass  
tickled by warm winds and skies overcast.
Oh, I'm ready to paint the beauty ahead
with crimson, vermilion and titanium lead.
Sitting on a hummock I draw the repast 
mixing my colors on a piece of glass
stunned by the wild flowers, most over tread.

*Dante's variation on the Italian sonnet.

Premium Member Reflections By Clintons Red Mill

Going through its ambiance, (on) with open thoughts,
Past scenes so serene, and picturesque (in situ passed).
A house, its windows just ajar to the tactile winsome breeze
That taste of zest & adventure infused; with distilled memory’s, 
And (sensed) delights unmet “as yet”.the wend of life so rich, 
surrounds my mind & senses like the abundant shining light.
That upon the varied tableaux glow, before falls the lilac scented night.
Through all the turvy ways, and livelong day, 
I’ll count the picket fences, as I travel or Stop to gaze.
I look out onto the pastureland that runs between the towns,
Observing rolling verdant turf, and cattle with thoughtful frowns.
The Holstein herds and Jersey cows, with Friesians ’mooing low’,
Character houses stand on hillocks; a horse & buggy moving slow.
There are tended lawns with a velvet like pile, 
that have entered my awareness, these pleasant miles,
And on the horizon moving; (waits) that shimmering rippling run.
Of a blue & ribboning shoreline where pleasure necessitates fun.
There wind can like a lion roar, or call like turtle doves
With New Jersey soul superimposing the whole in the USA that I love!...

©Joe Maverick 1-6-2011Copyright)

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