Teach me art
Teach me art appreciation,
Line and Texture,
Light and Composition,
Collage, Montage.
I 'll pay you in kind.
Teach you to write without saying
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Teach you to see that beauty
You possess,
That it does not you,
Own,
Unless you let it.
Paint your nails,
Ask your therapist,
Does your coach know what I know?
That the talent and the vision swamped
Neath the necessary but overwhelming anger.
Write easy, be easy,
Let the light enter and fill the space
Like a Vermeer, open up by letting in,
Just one tiny window, all that's needed,
So if you teach me art,
I will teach you how to write a poem
About painting beauty buried within,
About anger, letting go.
Sep 2, 2013
Sep 2, 2013 at 2:25 AM UTC
Teach me art
Teach me art appreciation,
Line and Texture,
Light and Composition,
Collage, Montage.
I 'll pay you in kind.
Teach you to write without saying
****
Teach you to see that beauty
You possess,
That it does not you,
Own,
Unless you let it.
Paint your nails,
Ask your therapist,
Does your coach know what I know?
That the talent and the vision swamped
Neath the necessary but overwhelming anger.
Write easy, be easy,
Let the light enter and fill the space
Like a Vermeer, open up by letting in,
Just one tiny window, all that's needed,
So if you teach me art,
I will teach you how to write a poem
About painting beauty buried within,
About anger, letting go.
AM
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