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Topic: Foreign Language (12/09/10)
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TITLE: En Plein Air | Previous Challenge Entry
By Henry Clemmons
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Even beneath floating
Water lilies;
White,
Beautify by disguise,
Death’s pale rasp,
Submerged in muck
Of old duck bones and turtle dung,
In strangled currents veiled from
The effects
Of light.
Tuberculosis killed his wife,
The Impressionist,
Dumb
To Nature’s new tongue,
Flees from water lilies;
White,
Cries and crawls beyond dark walls of velvet drapes
Hidden from,
The effects
Of Light.
Oscar Claude is now at odds with his soul,
Foreign prose wars with life once expressed
Water lily;
White,
By oily brushed nature perceptions
In broken color,
Rapid strokes,
Masterful successions,
All impressions
Of life
Exposed.
Here,
Was his native voice, now in spinning shadows,
The effects
Of light.
This new language,
However,
Of dirt and coffined boxes
Buried in soil, soured
Among fossil collages,
Whispers in Oscar’s ear,
“Follow me,”
A journey bridges over
Water lilies;
White,
On fickle rivers
Reflecting temperamental silk soaring scarves of clouds;
To fields of
Red and yellow
Rooted flowers,
And a windmill
Twirling its arms as wind gives it might,
Under blue sky praising,
The effects
Of Light.
...
Tulips bold from bulbs below
Speak a fresh impression,
From death grew life,
In colors bright,
Green stems now grow toward Heaven.
The artist stands
Like windmill fans,
Spin in a new direction.
He grabs His brush,
Retards his rush,
And paints a new reflection.
No lilies; white, on river’s blight,
But fields of tulip splendor,
Monet, my friend, I pray you learn
New words are truly tender;
The effects … of Light.
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Great job! Makes me want to research Monet as well. Keep writing!