Beginning the new year at dversepoets.com today, Misky asks us to write a poem for any of the art titled 'beginnings' by various artists she has posted. I chose this "Daliesk" painting by Shay Davis :
Back to the Drawing Board...
I fell in love with you when
you were newly born,
captured on camera
outside the window in a tree,
through the lens of history
I watched your snowy head and
fresh bawdy limbs crack open
the shell, set yourself free
Little did you know
how important you would be
You've already born
our battle scars; your keen eyes
have seen it all, the entire
picture unfolding,
the damage done across the land
Flora and fauna wish you could
save our planet from dying
We have a brave new
generation of
babes in the woods waiting
The world is in their hands;
the job is immense,
but you are an icon of
resilience
You know how to keep
our homeland free, you will lead
us back to our beginnings
Across the firmaments you
will soar to restore the spirit
that built this nation before
Paint what you will on
a new blank palette,
colors of a more perfect union
In all realms of justice,
take away the face of evil;
erase acts of bigotry,
undo the pain and wrongs
We are at your regal side,
ready, determined to take on
monikers of hate and inequality
Since the time the constitution was
signed by giants of men in wigs,
never has there been such a
dire threat to democracy;
those extraordinary keepers of dreams
gave birth to a nation of
great hope and expectation
So don your hero's cape
and humble fez, my eagles' son,
and lead us in our revolution
The disasters the world over indeed has us back at the drawing board. A better picture just has to be possible!
ReplyDeletepardon the grammar ...
ReplyDelete"undo the face of evil;
ReplyDeleteerase acts of bigotry,
undo the pain and wrongs" this is the cry of our times for a new beginning...
Perhaps the shakeup the nation (world)has experienced will be enough to turn things around?
DeleteDamn, our minds have melded this fine day of the new year, & your allegory, & perfect pitch response to a passionate painting has reinforced the "hope" that surely springs eternal in poetic breasts--hope I am encountering in many of the poems out here on the trail. A pox on despair, for we are in the shit now, & we will need more than water wings to keep our heads above the turds.
ReplyDeleteAND I loved your line /signed by giants of men in wigs/. It seems that our holiday hiatus has rejuvenated the excellent word-smithing I am finding out here--hurrah & amen.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Glenn, my friend. I noticed that, too. Posts today have been great...a couple of weeks away and the mind flows better to the pen. Let cool heads prevail!
Deleteyou got it right when you mention that 'We are at your regal side' but yes, we do need a hero to 'lead us in our revolution'
ReplyDeleteI really hope that the spirit of the eagle can be turned in the right direction... it takes work, but you have the support of the world to set examples as you have used to do.
ReplyDeleteGreat words for this painting. We need a new beginning birthed for this day. I hope you find it. It's out there somewhere
ReplyDeleteThat last stanza sums it up - we must continue to dream of a better world planting seeds wherever we can in hopes to change the course of events, before too much collateral damage is done.
ReplyDeletethose extraordinary keepers of dreams
gave birth to a nation of
great hope and expectation
The ending cry is just a good trumpet and wake up call ~ I hope we will hear it loud and clearly one day ~
ReplyDeleteWell done.........the spirit here, and in the painting....onward we go, through the muck and the bigotry and spewed hatred...we must. For if we stop, where shall we be? Well done.
ReplyDelete"icon of resilience..you will soar to restore the spirit"---yes!!
ReplyDeleteI was captivated by the first stanza and then you led us into a powerful symbolism of hope and dignity for humanity. Wonderful.
ReplyDeleteFierce!!
ReplyDeleteSo don your hero's cape
ReplyDeleteand humble fez, my eagles' son,
and lead us in our revolution
There is so much to be done! Hopefully there are among the younger set who can take the challenge to make a difference and make it happen!
Hank