Sunday Muse - A Painter
"Roots" 1943 by Frida Kahlo (link)
The Hurting Painter
There you lay amongst a sea of fallen leaves
Hurt, emerging from tap root of aging elm
Bringing with you tender green--new hope conceived
The dirt the old crumbling leaves be overwhelmed
Get up arise cut your cord and paint anew
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- Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter, the first woman from her country to be famous for her art. From childhood, without formal education, painted profusely. Although at age eighteen she was badly hurt and was left handicapped for the rest of her life she still painted and gained national and world recognition.
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- Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2021, All Rights Reserved
- I am linked with Carrie Van Horn for the Photo prompt at The Sunday Muse #171, http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-sunday-muse-171.html?m=1
- I'm also at 55 syllables without the title
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Labels: 55, A Tribute, art, Artistic Interpretations, Flash Writing, Historical Artists and Poets, Irregular Ode, Poem, Rhyme, Sunday Muse, Syllabic Form
posted by Jim @ 7/31/2021 11:25:00 PM
9 comments
9 Comments:
Nice to bring it back from the painting to the painter.
I love this Jim! A beautiful poem and the background on Frida is a wonderful addition.
Well done!! Love that you added notes ~~~ I enjoyed this poem, Jim!
Vivid image of growing beyond a seemingly damaged foundation.
Jim I like your speaking to Frida in your poem. Thank you for the links also. Amazing the painting sold for so much. I see Madonna as a Frida-like persona and can see why she would be drawn to her work.
"Arise and paint anew." I love it!
Oh, what a perfect poem for Frida
Thanks for the poem, Jim, and for the info on Frida. It boggles my mind to think this sold for +$10 million!
You have done Frida proud!
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