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My name is Joy, and I love to write. Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground. Kiya's gift. I love it!
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Mar 8, 2006 at 11:17am
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Prompt 21: Scraped Canvas
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Scraped Canvas

I wanted to paint
not with flashy brushwork, but
with painterly refinement,
the wilderness of our existence,
giving it a sunlit middle ground,
squeezing out the paint--
cadmium yellow light
indigo, burnt sienna--
in visual vibrations,
mixing in the middle
our elevated silence,
dimming and softening
with each glance,
light against dark,
and density
in varied proportions.

Yet, expunging my labor
the hardening heart,
with rags handy
wiped out the light's ability
to reach ordinary moments,
leaving me with
a blank, mud-colored canvas,
dry to the touch.







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Prompt 21: Scraped Canvas
· 03-08-06 11:17am
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