two paintings
Big Yellow
blinking of slatted blind throwing light over a blank room
eyes forced from the bright blanket to read each layer lowest line first
lake smudges Delftware and dark canal watercress
lichen on limestone eating the edges upwards
sunflower soaked dust soil
levelled crenellations of Moorish plain and palace
forget piecing it out substance difference
under this florescent form is braised and blended to one wide wash of colour
after John Copnall, Big Yellow No 3, 1974
Barometer
the cloud-cold hits first
whip and whorl white wreckage
lone pillar of paint a needle point upwardly pouring
the low slate horizon soft as hammered tin
crimped and clawed to the far frame
pushing the ink headland to peripheral darkness
after Helen Frankerthaler, Barometer, 1992
Big Yellow
blinking of slatted blind throwing light over a blank room
eyes forced from the bright blanket to read each layer lowest line first
lake smudges Delftware and dark canal watercress
lichen on limestone eating the edges upwards
sunflower soaked dust soil
levelled crenellations of Moorish plain and palace
forget piecing it out substance difference
under this florescent form is braised and blended to one wide wash of colour
after John Copnall, Big Yellow No 3, 1974
Barometer
the cloud-cold hits first
whip and whorl white wreckage
lone pillar of paint a needle point upwardly pouring
the low slate horizon soft as hammered tin
crimped and clawed to the far frame
pushing the ink headland to peripheral darkness
after Helen Frankerthaler, Barometer, 1992
Sonia Overall