Artist – Michael Mentler
solid trappings of history
garland the statues
we sculpted with decades
experience rests
in each wrinkle of stone
we are marble or granite
who found final poise
in the drama of purpling
sundown that slants itself
into our unblinking
permanent eyes fixed
with satisfied gaze
on posterity wondering
under stilled brows
what it sooner or later
will etch for a hallmark
across gray remarkable
stockworks of veins
mapping character
such as we shaped with
the best of intentions
when life gave through
everchange postures the
fluid rehearsals for dying
(originally posted January 2014)
My fave is “drama of purpling sundown”–exquisite.
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I thank you most kindly
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A really nice poem. Thank you for sharing. Have a happy new year.
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much appreciated – all the same to you and yours
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Reblogged this on Poesy plus Polemics.
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A masterful reminder of things to be reminded of is the well conceived and executed statue. Magnificent words.
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I have the greatest admiration for sculptors
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Monumental . . .
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Reblogged this on OUR POETRY CORNER.
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thank you for sharing my poem with your readers
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I ran out of steam, so will stick with my previous comment–and add a wow, for good measure.
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please don’t feel obliged to comment all the time – there’s only so much we can do
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