Collect the Dots, String the Needle
Start the story with water
a canvas of blue silence
cut an opening
sneak in a lover of irreverence
drift on your backs like a kite in the wind
a way to stitch time
lean into the black night sky
pebbled with a million secrets
~ A found poem, including the title, created from words in Shannon K. Winston’s poem “Ways to View Joan Miró’s Triptych Bleu I, II, III”
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“Start the story with water” – I love that!
Thank you, Leah!
I can see a Miro in this evocative blending of the senses
Thanks, Gaby!
I love the image of cutting a hole in water and the last line is amazing!
Thank you, Nancy!
Just gorgeous!!
sneak in a lover of irreverence
Thanks so much, Ellen!
Karen – Wow! So happy to be reading your work again! Beautiful and love “pebbled with a million secrets.”
Thank you, Sylvia!
I especially love “canvas of blue silence,” “lover of irreverence,” & the use of the verb “pebbled.” The whole poem has such a sense of wonder, of awe, of mystery.