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Pollock’s Dance, by Jennifer Wenn

3/14/2023

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One: Number 31, 1950, by Jackson Pollock (USA) 1050

Pollock’s Dance
  
Up ahead, pulsing on the wall,
lonely, larger than life,
an intricate multi-layered web poised to
ensnare in a fractal labyrinth
vibrating to primeval rhythms;
black, silver and ochre edge splotches
rim a zone where at last a voice
was transiently found away from
addiction’s deadly cacophony;
black striations cast
from the unconscious 
dash down and diagonal
interlaced with white filigree
weaving a harmonic balance,
ochre stick figures behind the veil
flash in primal surge and flow
with hidden portraits,
all knit together by
teal and gray webbing,
the quiet foundation for
a dance of drip, pour and fling:
gaze down, genuflect and circle your
once and future monumental canvas,
swirl in sub rosa silhouettes,
sling the foundation splashes,
decant knots of pain and joy,
sweep sidestep, sweep sidestep, sweep sidestep,
gently drizzle and dribble,
slash and lash,
lovingly trickle and trill,
skip round and round,
circle and wheel,
coil and meander,
flick step, flick step, flick step,
drip, fling and pour forth
this eternal moment,
a priceless interlude reaped
from a drunken whirlwind,
consuming death defied
by passionate life.

Jennifer Wenn

Jennifer Wenn is a trans-identified writer and speaker from London, Ontario, Canada.   Her first poetry chapbook, A Song of Milestones, was published by Harmonia Press (an imprint of Beliveau Books).  Her first full-size collection, Hear Through the Silence (from Cyberwit), was recently released.  She has also written From Adversity to Accomplishment, a family and social history; and published poetry in numerous journals and anthologies including WordCity Literary Journal, The Ekphrastic Review and Poems in Response to Peril.  She is also the proud parent of two adult children.  Visit her website at https://jenniferwennpoet.wixsite.com/home

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