I must say thank you to the wonderful Jennifer Bullis for her inspiring tribute, created in response to a series of art work I did in which I posed the question ‘What Would Fall Out If The Heart Were A Pocket and We Were Each Turned Upside Down?’
Please pop over at her blog Poetry at the Intersection of Mythology and Hiking to read her work and see her poem, a poem that installed a sweet ache in my own heart……… What Would fall Out, If The Heart Were A Pocket, and We Were Each Turned Upside Down’
Dare I pose the question, dear readers; what are you keeping in your pockets?
My Heart Pocket
Little things,
that fit
in the deepest spots
the sweetest spots.
Big things that shouldn’t and can’t but do,
things bigger than even I.
And now with the rushing and flooding
of life gathering under the crown,
of gems past, present and
tomorrow’s sun,
alongside the shoving and pooling
of desperate rust and magenta survival,
there is a tinkling and a thudding,
a shining and a burrowing.
A pyramid of sugar
of slowly melting crystal
beneath
my upturned gaze.
Very nice.
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Thankyou xxx
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Arna, this is simply gorgeous. I’m so glad you took inspiration from your own series of paintings to write this poem! I love all the sensory images,especially “the pyramid of crystal.” And another magnificent artwork with it in your “Houdini” piece.
What a spacious place the heart turns out to be!
My gratitude to you for generously placing a signpost to my poem here. And above all, I thank you for the inspiring beauty of your own work & words.
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you are welcome and lots of love to you x
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Wow amazing concept and great poem
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thanks!
it is an interesting concept I think, originally I was interested in the secrets and the denials that we push down or put away….now I think it might be a little/big pocket for everything!
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Vibrant imagery – beautiful work!
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thanks so much!
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beautiful. i wonder what will fall out of mine 🙂
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write a poem and see! but make sure you share it with
ME!
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will try 🙂 and if i dare i will share it with you. thanks for suggesting this very tempting idea. i may give it a shot.
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This is SO GOOD! And thnaks for giving me a new writing prompt! 😀
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yes! another fishy took the bait…please share it with us….I cannot WAIT!
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This is great. My favorite line is “alongside the shoving and pooling / of desperate rust and magenta survival”.
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Thanks, I like that line particularly too xxxx
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I love this–the poem and the painting are wonderful. Thanks so much for subscribing! 🙂
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you are welcome, and what a lovely compliment, most appreciated!
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