The Missing Palette
I sit with intention,
quiet my mind, close my eyes,
and wish for fractured light
to splinter the grey.
Instead, Hilma af Klint’s abstract
prisms appear. The colors asked for—
but not what I sought to find
until I open my eyes and look
to the gardens below:
the wind rustles the flowers
into an Isadora dance.
Finally, I dance too.
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“and wish for fractured light\to splinter the grey” was brilliant. And I love that ending! Isadora dance paints the movement perfect in my mind…and then the speaker dances, too.
Michele – This is so bright and colorful on a day lacking color! Love the nod to Isadora Duncan and the dance among flowers!
I love
“The colors asked for—
but not what I sought to find”
and also the perfect ending of this poem.
Exquisite artistry. It is alive with images and movement. It feels like I am in the studio. Love the Isadora reference.