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April 8, 2019

Ekphrastic April 2019, Day 8: "Anna Pavlova as a Bacchante"


"Anna Pavlova as a Bacchante" (1910) by Sir John Lavery [1856-1941].

music is a spark
muscles are combustibles

talent is the oxygen
that controls the burn
--heat and light result

dancer on fire!


© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.


A cherita is a haiku-like poem of three stanzas that tells a "story." The first stanza is one line and sets the scene. Stanza two is two lines, stanza three is three lines. A cherita terbalik is a cherita with the order of the stanzas rearranged.

9 comments:

  1. Che bella! - Jet

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  2. Adore. And more. I want to make this into a card to frame. I think this is simply stunning, Diane. Janet F.

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    1. Thanks, Janet! It is a stunning painting and quite inspirational for a poet.

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  3. Love the "muscles are combustibles", Diane. Beautiful response to this amazing painting. I just read a bio of Nijinsky and your poem fits all that I read about him, too.

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    1. Thanks, Linda. It's not my standard tell-a-story cherita.

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  4. Heat just pours out of this poem, Diane! Agree, the art is stunning.

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  5. Love you captured the energy and essence of the painting with your poem. Muscles are combustibles = wonderful!

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