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| Image courtesy of Kapajen/'Reverie', 2003 - Conté crayon |
Contrast Sketch
“Poetry is an echo,
asking a shadow to dance.” ~Carl Sandburg
A voice, with Conté crayon, draws
the light and shadow, all because
imagination wants to fetch
a life in words: a contrast sketch.
An echo is a study of
the shades and tints of hate and love:
a danse macabre, a blooming vetch,
a life in words: a contrast sketch.
In bright sunlight, a shadow grows
but not in silence: Poems. Prose.
It’s ballet…jazz…it’s
movement…stretch…
a life in words: a contrast sketch.
The shady sides of streets are just
one place to hide the pixie dust
which, when it’s found, can score and etch
a life in words: a contrast sketch.
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Notes: The form is Kyrielle. My poem was inspired by the Poetic Asides' PAD prompt today of 'shady' (or shade and shadows, if so interpreted.) My muse also got a happy little assist from Saint-Saëns and Sandburg...and Bob Ross.
Yours is a very different manifestation of the Kyrielle, and I like the originality. Really good read, RJ.
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