Opaque Sketches 1. boldly brushed smudge of old barn in charcoal smoke dawn fog boyhood home with cool rain pausing its thrubbing 2. among gray doves scarlet cardinals an abandoned trestle under hidden railroad moon the housepainters’ brushes and cans of enamel paint drawing maybe a rocking chair 3. sweeping calligraphy split-rail fence downhill blotched-faced finches falling under spruce gestural details extracted pecking at the interplay of forms 4. crowtail balanced upon the dark and light dissolving the traditional small interiors radically altered by Glenn Gould’s fingers tapping God’s precision © 2021 Lyman Grant
Author’s Statement:
“Representational Expressionism” is the combination of two short poems and some phrases from a description of Franz Kline’s painting “LeHigh” in Art USA: The American Art Book published by Phaidon Press.
Bio:
Lyman Grant lives and teaches from Harrisonburg, Virginia. His poems have appeared in several journals and anthologies. In addition, he has published six volumes of poems, the latest being 2018: Found Poems and Weather Reports (Alamo Bay Press).
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