Matisse, too, when the fingers ceased to work,
Worked larger and bolder, his primary colors celebrating
The weddings of innocence and glory, innocence and glory

Monet when the cataracts blanketed his eyes
Painted swirls of rage, and when his sight recovered
Painted water lilies, Picasso claimed

I do not seek, I find, and stuck to that story
About ( Read more... )

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone had poetry on, how to put this.. sound? Deafness?

My partner is deaf and in all the years we've been together I've never thought of it in the form of poetry until tonight.

Thank you for any help.

and for your trouble:

"You want me to be a tragic backdrop so that you can appear to be illuminated ( Read more... )

A girl with whom I have a... somewhat complicated relationship is having her birthday soon. We exchange poems semi-regularly and I'm looking for the right poem(s) to send her with her gift. I prefer short to long and loving without being overly romantic or devoted. They don't have to explicitly be about birthdays, but something involving the ( Read more... )

In the dark, she shivers in his arms,
hurt, wild-like that great bird
that crashed through the living room window
last Christmas-droppings, slivers
the whole way into the kitchen.
He’d cradled it wearing gardening gloves,
it only shuddered. Now, nothing he says
quiets her, stops her asking:
am i pretty? am i smart? am i all
you dreamed of? as though she ( Read more... )

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Hello,
I'm looking for a poem about being an atheist. EDIT - There was something about a room, something about a morning or waking up. I think the narrator was either defending atheism or saying he was grateful to be an atheist. Male author, I remember that.

Thanks in advance, and here's this wonderful poem for your trouble.

( Nona - by Oodgeroo Noonuccal )

Your first time out of the country ( Read more... )

A request: your favorite poems on the topic of sex, please and thank you? One of mine:

Sunday Morning Lie-In // Kirsty Logan i’m staying down here
until i make her sing
louder than church

My friend is currently going through a breakup, and I'm looking for poems (and even quotes) that might help her get through this. Does anyone have any good poems about breakups? Thank you in advance! (Sorry I didn't include a poem here. I'll edit this post if I can think of one worth posting.) 

Request: What are your favorite poems on faith, spirituality, or God? Thanks ( Read more... )

Hi, I would love it if you guys can share you absolute favorite angry poems with me.