DE GEDWONGEN LEDIGHEID VAN MARS / THE ENFORCED IDLENESS OF MARS BY DUTCH ARTIST DAVID RIJCKAERT III
september
of the twelve
september is the judas
with the kiss
of betrayal
the ear unsevered
the recant of silver
and the hanging
the iscariotization is complete
its october
with its tutoyer of yellow
and climacteric orange
driving the leaves
to defenestration
and its ataraxia
along with the woolen cap
until the end of april
and
the woman with a
head of roses
near
the church of
auver sur oise
during
marcia funebre
of november
harvesting the coruscations
and giving thanks
no crickets singing
issa
on their stridulators
they say naked
hens predict snow
and
doughnuts don’t
wear no
alligator shoes
reminiscent of tomas transtroemer
keening
decembers anosognosia
it might be fun
to come back
as fog
Vincent Zepp about Vincent Zepp. Arriving at the time in history (including literary history) when I did. I was blessed to have such a rich tradition of poetry, art, music, and culture to available to me. This continues to allow my poetry to flourish in a rich loam of influences. The work I believe is representative of the best thoughts and intuitions of my generation of writers whose challenge is to move forward with the gifts given to us from previous generation of artists. From Ferlinghetti who opened my eyes to Pound and Eliot through the various significant literary and art movements of the 20th century. Then there was the haiku master Basho who showed us frogs leaping into the pond of our mind. John Berryman said our poetry should be something no one else could do. I’ve tried to focus on that idea.
Excellent piece! Hats off!
thanks ……after 4 yeras i found a home for it….and the painting