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Monet’s Garden in Giverny
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i have been fortunate to have found and been able to participate in several communities of artists, in austin via Austin Visual Arts Association and Creative Arts Society, in galveston via Galveston Arts League, and online, via dVersePoets
AVAA has been while, while GAL dates way back, and the latter, dVersePoets is almost still a baby, though past crawling and getting into some pretty good bursts of runs 😉
this week marks the one year anniversary of the latter, co-founded by brian miller and claudia schoenfeld
brian is a dad and husband and is based here in the u.s., while claude is a mom and a wife and based in europe –
an interesting engaging combo 😉
they have a full week of goodies planned, take a look, see if you’d like to participate or just enjoy seeing what this varied and talented group of poets and writers has to offer
my own contribution today, to one of their rotating prompts, like a poem i wrote recently, celebrating bastille day (and who of us can resist celebrating freedom 😉 ) is sparked by the creative air of france
like the earlier poem focussing on paris, these are based on some wonderful enduring memories from a trip my wife and i took over a decade ago
monet’s garden in giverny, it seems, is like a shrine to artists –
a lifetime dedicated to finding truth and beauty –
and creating it….
i hope you enjoy 😉
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Monet’s Garden in Giverny
i
can’t say it was
not what i expected
and
i can’t say
it was
the light april rain
though
was a relief
from the texas heat
we’d left behind
the grounds laid out
to bloom maximum florals
best for each month
and even each part
of a month
yes
impressive –
and
the pond with the japanese
bridge
oh yes 😉
almost told me
what this french artist
had found he could express
from his heart –
but
converted
into things for tourists
were
his workshop and home
with vanished eyes
still glancing
at people
who
visited –
me
my wife
and a few dozen others
and it felt like
some of those whispering looks
noticed
who was noticing them
and nodded
– to me –
oui monsieur oui
but
i heard them in pictures
so i asked them in same, saying
the gardens bloom out in layers with rows
criss-crossed by paths
and
the pond is ringed by flourishes
of
assorted arrangements
of
leaves feathered spikey all interwoven
colors and textures
all seen
from the room to room walls of windows peering
like eyeglasses cataracts removed
on the garden
and pond and seine
just beyond
and
i saw
monet’s garden
stretched as far as my heart wished it to…
oui monsieur oui
© 2012 felipe adan lerma
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