by Bobbi Lurie
1.
The clouds and the shadows of the clouds.
The early light, like the night undressing herself
revealing pink beneath, underneath
the glory and the intimacy
like early love made of arms
only arms
fingers
and the lingering promise
of something else.
To breathe into what is...
feelings dead and dry as winter branches
body poached and flattened
the sky with its glaucoma stare
the way you call yourself “I” and mean it
and want to be seen as such
as noun
as verb
as some idea which others can not see.
2.
The plain loneliness of painters.
Their lust for colors
and the underneath of it.
It was Modigliani who saved me
from the dark unknowableness.
It was Soutine.
It was Cezanne.
It was the yellow and the green of it.
And I can not tell them.
I can not tell the painters or the colors what they have done.
And I can not say what the clouds are.
Each shape passes me with its blues and its endless hues of white
and light and the longing which bleeds
into
the inner world.
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Previously published in "Karamu" (now named "Bluestem")
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beautiful
"as some idea which others can not see"
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Outstanding, Bobbi. I really like the form to this piece - and the writing tone. Yes to this.
Gorgeous, Gorgeous, Gorgeous. Breathless, Spectacular poem.
HUGE *
Beautiful - elegant, haunting. Just lovely *
This is very beautiful and compelling. I love the title, "early love made of arms," "the longing which bleeds into the inner world" and so much more.*
Spellbinding, sumptuous and elegiac. . .fave
Wonderful title.
"It was Soutine. / It was Cezanne. / It was the yellow and the green of it."
I know exactly what you mean!
Stunning. Love this! *
wonderful. As Monets glaucoma, his painting became cloudy. You told it all so well.
This is exquisite, like a painting that would make any of the artists you mention so proud. Fave.
Bobbi, it's so great and calming to read your precision here. *
This is absolutely gorgeous, with an underlying tranquillity and depth.