the mountains and the rivers...

Mai Trung Thu (1906-1980) - Vietnam
In 1937 he visited France and settled there for the rest of his life.


the mountains and
the rivers are
your torment
and
your friends

they challenge you
to ask questions 

and
find answers
within

in the dream ...

Henri Rivière (1864-1951)


in the dream of
pale morning light

some sails fill
with the colours of a new day


others
wait 
sleepily
for their own
special colour

to waken them

Be Somebody

Be Somebody - George Underwood (1947- )


in a perfect world of
sculpted 
creamy
mannequins

like
cloned
bone 
swimsuits

breathing

(perhaps)


there can only be 

subtle

revolution

in

chained
soul
music


This painting graces a recent album cover of the Norwegian rock band Ungdomskulen


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Peacocks

Jesse Arms Botke (1883-1971)


white peacocks in spring
bridal veils entwined with
random bouquets

Luhya Woman

Benard Githogori (1975- ) Audacious Smile Luhya Woman
Kenya, Africa


Egyptian worlds
melted into
Kenyan worlds
(pre-empted by a splash of Uganda) 
in my long ago yesterdays

for a time
we tinkered with British ways
and linked with their
Christian soul

and still link

but it is Kenya who became
my foster mother
our foster mother

and for that blessing
I give you
an audacious smile

Surreal Rain

Gabriel Pacheco (1973- )

Mexico

in the rain lit hours

any blue

any drop of blood red

seem out of place

sabotaging

the delicious melancholy

of coming home to

the witching midnight

and cold sheets

in the grey 

of rain lit hours

a lone blue harlequin

could be some errant soul

waiting for 

bloodless wings

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Seven Crows

Alex Colville (1920- 16th July 2013) - Seven Crows (1980)
Canada
Colville's website is HERE.


large 7 flying black capes
like living pockets of dark smog
veiling the golds and greens and watery silvered landscapes

like 7 deadly symbols
of dark souls
scavenging for
the unwary
the weak
the defenceless
the outcasts
the unprotected 
meat

and yet
when the ominous presence of 7 crows fades
no trace of
foul debris
or foul play
lingers


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