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Welcome to Poetry Friday Roundup!
Hello! I'm so glad you're here!Wow, so much goodness going on this National Poetry Month, isn't there? I am loving all the crazy poem-making going on will everyone! If you haven't already, be sure to visit Jama's Alphabet Soup for a complete listing. I do love April... though with travel this week, and crazy weather, and other spring madness, I am also feeling a bit overwhelmed. I hope to take things a bit slower this weekend. How are all of you holding up?
Big thanks to all our contributing poets so far. I am loving all the energetic words and sounds. I also love the medieval theme that has emerged -- I have long been a fan of King Arthur stories. Is there any better musical than CAMELOT? And what about DON QUIXOTE? And THE MISTS OF AVALON by Marion Zimmer Bradley (one of my most favorite books when I was a teen!)? So I knew I wanted to keep that going. And I also thought it was time to bring the poem back to our speaker, to set his/her feet in motion. And so, without further adieu........
I’m fidget, friction, ragged edges—
I sprout stories that frazzle-dazzle,
stories of castles, of fires that crackle,
with dragonwords that smoke and sizzle.
I sprout stories that frazzle-dazzle,
stories of castles, of fires that crackle,
with dragonwords that smoke and sizzle.
But edges sometimes need sandpaper,
like swords need stone and clouds need vapour.
like swords need stone and clouds need vapour.
So I shimmy out of my spurs and armour
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Readers, I opted to keep going with the non-US spelling for "armour" to match Kat's "vapour." It seems to fit, given the medieval imagery we've got so far! Also, I did a little armor research here as I wrote my line. Take it away, Mary Lee!
Okay, so here it is, day 7 of ARTSPEAK!: Portraits, my National Poetry Month poem-a-day project, during which I am looking, listening with my spirit ear, and asking these subject to share with me their secrets.Here are the ARTSPEAK! Portraits poems so far:
6. "Paint-by-Number" after Portrait of a Woman by Alexei von Jawlensky
5. "Warning" after the bull by Lee Jung Seob
4. "I am" after The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas by George Catlin
6. "Paint-by-Number" after Portrait of a Woman by Alexei von Jawlensky
5. "Warning" after the bull by Lee Jung Seob
4. "I am" after The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas by George Catlin
3. "What If?" after Portrait of Camille Roulin by Vincent van Gogh
2. "The Lady Confesses" after Portrait of a Lady with Mask and Cherries by Benjamin Wilson
1. "Mona Lisa in Love" after Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci
That's 3 women, 1 man, 1 child, and 1 animal. So today I've selected another child. Here's what she would like you to know:
Virginia, Sitting for a Portrait
- after “Portrait of Virginia (Little Girl)” by Frida Kahlo
Mama says I must siéntate tranquilo –
sit still, be quiet.
But I want to know everything:
how the brush knows where to go,
how much paint to leave on the bristles,
what kind of strokes can smooth my tangled hair.
I want a dress of lace and polkadots,
not the boring white one I'm actually wearing,
though I'd like to keep the safety pin,
which Mama says
is God's one eye always watching –
guarding my corazón from harm.
- Irene Latham
----------Readers, I have long been a fan of Frida Kahlo. This painting came early in her career -- you can learn more about it here. It seems a lot to ask of a child, to sit for a portrait! Which is why, I guess, many portrait artists these days work from photographs. I enjoyed imagining Virginia's thoughts, and I knew I wanted to include some Spanish. I used Google to help me with the translation. I hope it's correct! Also, you may notice that oh-so-familiar mother-daughter theme! What a rich, complicated, beautiful relationship. I don't think I will ever grow tired of exploring it in my writing.
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