Untitled 1951-52

PH-968, by Clyfford Still (USA). 1951-1952.

Untitled 1951-52
 
my heart pounds,
gut clenched like a fist -
I look straight up the far
left side of the tall canvas
wall like a world trade tower,
like a redwood tree and
my spirit grasps the edges of
flat black emerging from the
upper left drawing it over me,
a blanket of darkness, this
is how hope enters a field of fear
and violence - the raw red wound
reaching down through glossy
blackness - the colours
blood can be, this open field
killing ground, the things
blood can become.

M.J. Arcangelini

M.J. Arcangelini was born 1952 in western Pennsylvania.  He has resided in northern California since 1979. He began writing poetry at age 11, stories in his teens and memoirs in his late 40′s. His work has been published in a lot of little magazines, small newspapers and 9 anthologies.  He is the author of two poetry collections: “With Fingers at the Tips of My Words” 2002 and “Room Enough” 2016. Arcangelini maintains an occasional blog of poetry and prose at https://joearky.wordpress.com/