 Two Women Sitting at a Ba,r by Pablo Picasso, 1902. The Blighted Pip
the grail roosts centre stage ogling the viewer, hollow empty, the object, the subject, contains the other, nesting like faceless matryoshka dolls hiding a secret half tones of blue cozied up to shadow wasp waisted prostitutes wallow skinned in fish tones confront the despair drink in desire twist the frame shoulder life gaze reflected rise Deborah Guzzi This poem was written for the 20 Poem Challenge. Deborah Guzzi's poetry appears in Magazines: Existere - Journal of Arts and Literature in Canada, Tincture in Australia, Cha: Asian Literary Review, Hong Kong, China, Eunoia in Singapore, Latchkey Tales in New Zealand, Vine Leaves Literary Journal in Greece, mgv2>publishing in France, RedLeaf Poetry, India and Travel by the Book, Ribbons: Tanka Society of America Journal, Sounding Review, Kyso Flash, The Aurorean, Crack the Spine Literary Magazine, Liquid Imagination, Poetry Quarterly, Page & Spine, Ekphrastic: Writing and Art on Art and Writing and others in the USA. Her new book The Hurricane is available now through Prolific Press. Comments are closed.
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November 2023
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