van Gogh paints stars on the interior of a hadron collider,
excitation modes divining the luminous day of the psyche,
ebullience of the creative moment as comets seed the earth
kaleidoscopic supersymmetry unveils strange loops,
circumscribed by the calm intelligibility of science
model agnosticism engulfs with purifying fire
in the ascetic refuge of an enchanted forest, imaginarium of enlightenment,
crystalline structures of specificity hide the occlusions of the unconscious,
chaotic clouds of information growing exponentially
Usha’s bifurcated tongue spreads duality across the canvas of the mind
sand shifting at the garden’s gate, encoding cryptic messages,
erosive ablutions upon the glittering souls of the dead
across the deep shaded valley starling calls and falcon cries unite
imploding singularity awash in Dionysian pleasure amidst an Apollonian
atmosphere, contrasting Wittgenstein’s necessary silence
Huysum’s flowers scry an ecstatic love, impulses flashing
like jewel inlaid symbols of eternity, cartography of virtuosic ambiguity,
as Richter explicates tragic materiality or sublime interiority
within this vale of soul-making, temporal and inescapable,
poetry’s fountain, a thousand headed hydra, reanimates and reclaims
Renoir’s river runs as the round world spins, days end and the end begins
in this elusive and fragile bubble replete with elaborate honeybee dances
Magritte’s surreal apple exists in its listening room
immortally intoxicated with the mystic universe
As always, you smash together the known the doubted and that which we have faith in and make the union shine.
ha…love your blend of myth and legend anna…Usha’s bifurcated tongue spreads duality across the canvas of the mind
sand shifting at the garden’s gate, encoding cryptic messages,
erosive ablutions upon the glittering souls of the dead…is just a wicked stanza…as well as your close….tight stuff…
ha, oh my, i am in love with this one. i kept picking favorite lines, until those after became new favorites… “cartography of virtuousic ambiguity”… you draw the best word maps.
>in the ascetic refuge of an enchanted forest, imaginarium of enlightenment,
>crystalline structures of specificity hide the occlusions of the unconscious,
>chaotic clouds of information growing exponentially
Fantastic! I love your use of words here … your words are folding into themselves and blooming out the other side!
>contrasting Wittgenstein’s necessary silence
… watch out for the poker! Popper says we shouldn’t shut up, but learn via bumps on the head.
What a marvelous poem you’ve written here. 🙂
hey…i have seen this one…smiles….good to see you anna…look at that picture in the sidebar as well…smiles…very nice…
Anna – you have floored me as usual – always love to read these works of art aloud – and the honeybee dance made me smile! K
you capture so much y implication, as the world in all its essence and ecstatic witness were brought to bear in our consciousness. I understand the desire to say what cannot be said! 🙂
We strive so hard to find the unity, yearning for singularity, yet life is found in the duality. This is a beautiful wash of words, nicely done!
Wonderful lines, Anna. Beautifully penned. I love Van Gogh and Renoir. 🙂
I came back to read it again, I love it, the end just makes me smile, it’s like night at the museum for grown-ups, with wine 😉
Oh, good lord. Reblogging you tonight. You had me at line 1…
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Wow. just…wow. Anna is brilliant.
A veritable feast of words collide.
reads like a mad skills list of my all my favourites!
I love what you have done and imho,
this could be one of the best lines ever written (no kiddin)
van Gogh paints stars on the interior of a hadron collider:
I’d freakin die for that line!
BOOM!
it is already memorised and for someone with my mind that’s surprisingly difficult.
#elephantbrain #mutualenvy
love how you bring their work to life… they paint so much of themselves into their works…just like we poets do… frickin cool
This is brilliant and reads beautiful…a great taste on the lips!
chillingly beautiful minglings of mythology and the unforgettable legends that relive and, you’ve given restoration to past in this present !
It is so interesting the way you incorporated mythology into this poem.