Sculpture, by Mary C. McCarthy

Title Unspecified, by Jean "Hans" Arp (French, b. German), 1950s.

Sculpture

without hands or face
it says        Soft
it says        Woman
reclining nude
smooth surfaces
inviting touch
curve on curve
in -turning
suggesting secret
crevices of pearl
 
and yet surprising
your caress
with an adamantine
refusal to be
anything but stone

Mary C. McCarthy

Mary McCarthy has always been a writer, but spent most of her working life as a Registered Nurse. She has had many publications in journals, including Earth's Daughters, Caketrain, and The Evening Street Review, among others. She has only recently discovered the vibrant poetry communities on the internet, where there is so much to explore and enjoy.

This poem was written as part of the ekphrastic 20 Poem Challenge.