The sleeping artist’s finger
smears bright chalk
on night’s murk
of monochrome shadows.
The artist is at work,
splashing golds and blues
in a dream’s inky hues,
scribbling phantasmal figments
in glimmering pigments
that explode like chrysanthemums
and burn like red hot geraniums
across the canvas sheets
and evaporate
with the onset
of morning light.
© Kim M. Russell, 2016
Midnight Drawing in My Mind #2 © Twins Seven Seven (2007)
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The Nigerian painter, sculptor and musician known as Twins Seven Seven was born Prince Taiwo Olaniyi Oyewale-Toyeje Oyelale Osuntoki (3 May 1944 – 16 June 2011) in Ogidi, Kogi State, Nigeria, Twins Seven Seven is best known for his paintings in the Naive Art or Primitivism style. His work is influenced by traditional Yoruba mythology and culture, and creates a fantastic universe of humans, animals, plants and Yoruba gods.
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Reblogged this on O LADO ESCURO DA LUA.
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I’ll get a big head with all this reblogging!
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This is really beautifully done, Kim. Your word choice and use of contrast creates a stunning image.
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Thank you so much, Kerry. It’s amazing to be so appreciated 😊
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your use of imagery is stunning, really enjoyed this piece. It works well as an Ekphrastic looking at the image you chose to team with
much love…
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Funnily enough, I made my final decision on the choice of image by thinking about the titles. I was initially drawn to the birds but got no spark from the title. Then I went back to Midnight Drawing because it related to other writing I’d done very early this morning. I was surprised with the poem when I read it again, alnost as if I couldn’t remember writing it! Was it a kind of automatic writing? I do love the shape and colours of the picture, and I write in the small hours!
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Love the earthiness of the poem. Perfect for the visual art.
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Thanks Magaly!
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Love this “that explode like chrysanthemums and burn like red hot geraniums”
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Thank you! I was looking for something less of a cliche than ‘fireworks’ and the only flower I could think of that looked like a firework exploding was a chrysanthemum – the geraniums were already there!
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Beautifully written, based on the work but re-imagining its genesis. And great rhymes, too.
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Thanks Rosemary!
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I love how you took me inside the mind of the artist… a great piece of work Kim
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I got carried away with this one!
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