Poetry Forum

thanks so much for reading and for the wonderful comments.

thanks very much for reading. i've always been intrigued by the relationship, indeed the immense love and respect, between picasso and matisse—especially in that picasso never hesitated to embrace the ugliness of humanity in his work, while matisse strove unflinchingly for beauty. the contradictory ...

i'm in austin—by way of louisiana, originally.

a brutal work, even in its simplicity. i especially appreciate the alliterative power of:

a steel shank suicide. Slow and gentle as though
he had no soul to shed

the subtext of a butcher-style suicide in these surroundings speaks to the desensitization often brought about by our environment.

will do.

thanks for the warm welcome.

Hi everyone. I'm William.

I was pleased to find such a great community and have enjoyed reading the work here.

i dreamt you were
a picasso
and i was
a matisse.

we hung on opposite
gallery walls
of intersecting
gallery halls,

separated by
a parade of
clicking heels and
voyeur eyes.

your every angle:
stark, severe,
peering through
fragmented tears,

you begged
for my tranquility
and offered me
your madness.