CONNOISSEUR’S POEMS?
WE’VE BEEN DISCUSSING in another forum the idea of creating aesthetic effects. Memorable tweaks which make the literary meal, be it prose or poetry, a tastier experience.
Exemplifying this are Two Poems by Joyce Wheatley, which caught our attention because of the vividness of their images. One poem is about– or appears to be at the outset– a dinner. The other, about a turtle!
Experience them yourself, and see what you think.
Mud, slime and mold
patched over its dome,
Full-covered its back,
A pagoda shell home;
Traveling tools
Below jutted out,
Dull-pointed talons,
Weapons no doubt,
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(First painting “Glass on Table” by Georges Braque; second painting “Pot, Wineglass, and Book” by Pablo Picasso.)
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