Morning Star

Loose Leaves – Art Inspired

 

Edvard Munch - Young Woman on the Shore (1896)

 

This poem is a short verse paraphrase of a Welsh prose poem, originally written by Dafydd ap Gwilym, c.1325-c.1380.*

 

 

THE SEAGULL

 

Seagull, on the seething tide,

riding anchor here with me,

side by side; take wing and

rise to the rampart o’er the cliff,

to the corner of the castle wall and

whisper these words to her within.

 

She is the morning star to my sky,

Venus, her copper-coloured hair,

shines like a sun to light my day;

Seagull, make bold to greet her

and sing of my heart; then return

with her gentle word, else ere I die.

Edvard Munch - Moon Light (1895)

*Adapted from 'The Seagull' in A Celtic Miscellany: Translations from the Celtic Literatures, by Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson (Penguin, 1971 [1951])

Fashion Reprise

Loose Leaves – Art Inspired

 

 

NEW, NEW ROMANTICS

 

Black leather and

white bricks, cowlicks

and crimped hair –

high-heels n winkle pickers,

cool cats n slush puppies,

sunglasses

mustard yellow

smiles and surprises,

fashion reprises

                       80s style –

                       all anew.

 

 

 

Photograph credit: Coachtopia

All Angles

Loose Leaves – Art Inspired

 

Dod Proctor - Early Morning, Newlyn (1926)

Another poem about Newlyn in Cornwall, the UK mainland’s southernmost fishing port.

 

 

FISHING PORT

 

All angles –

rooftops and the

smooth sea.

 

Curved lines,

hauling up the

morning’s catch.

 

From coastal

fishing grounds

to beds of ice.

 

Sleeping with

lips parted

and eyes open.

 

Silently mouthing,

the auctioneer’s

loud voice.

 

Revived by

the warm oven:

a silver-faced choir

singing to the starry

firmament above.

 

 

Paul Bommer - Stargazy Pie

 

A Fairytale Romance

Loose Leaves – Art Inspired

 

Victor Burgin - Untitled (1991) Tate

 

CINDERELLA [v.I.]

 

Savouring –

the curved line

of her shoe.

 

 

 

Victor Burgin - Untitled (1991) Tate

CINDERELLA [v.II.]

Lost –

gazing into the elegant

lines of her shoe.

Black Efflorescence Pumps - by Roger Vivier (Vanity Fair)

Leafless

Loose Leaves – Looking Back

 

Kaii Higashiyama - Song of Silence (1981)

 

VERSAILLES

 

Tall leafless trees

mirroring

                  autumn.

 

 

 

The Local Regular

Loose Leaves – Art Inspired

 

Dod Procter - Tolcarne Inn (1935)

 

TOLCARNE INN

 

Listening to the soft

creak of floorboards

by the bar, and the low

murmur of warm and

gentle conversation.

 

 

 See also: Leaf 366

Sisters

Loose Leaves – Reflections

 

Jiwoon Pak - Fade to Grey (2015)

 

My wife and

her sister –

their voices merge.