Van Gogh’s De Straat Caricatured, coarse full-bleed watercolour olive trees and cypresses, azure sky 2, Place Lamartine in Arles on the right bank of river Rhône there is no longer a lie in the way to recreate deformities. The street scene excavated using cut-up, erasure, put on public display madness and grammar of space red clay roof tiles, green shutters, these houses in the Midi sun and all the nobody people, they knew who I was painting for the blue and lilac. The yellow earth remain fixed upon canvas the mistral scouring Provence umber full moon river sedge, watercress lavender fields look for omens, prophecies bird’s claws and skulls. Ilona Martonfi This poem has previously appeared in Mud, poetry chapbook, (dancing girl press, 2018), and in the Soliloquis Anthology (2016). Ilona Martonfi is the author of three poetry books, Blue Poppy (2009), Black Grass (2012), The Snow Kimono (Inanna Publications, 2015). Forthcoming, Salt Bride (Inanna, 2019). The Tempest (Inanna, 2020). Publishes in five chapbooks, journals across North America and abroad. Her poem “Dachau on a Rainy Day” was nominated for the 2018 Pushcart Prize. Artistic Director of The Yellow Door and Visual Arts Centre Reading Series. Argo Bookshop Readings. Recipient of the QWF 2010 Community Award.
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