CROSSING THE LINE: POETRY AND ART
Published by The Lucy Quieter Press, and containing sixty-two colour illustrations and photographs, Crossing the Line is an ekphrastic rendition of the author's poetry, art and photography as well as a section of poetry based on famous artists' work. Many of the poems have been previously published in respected poetry journals and/or placed in competitions. Some of the art work has been commended in exhibitions and used as art work in poetry magazines and on covers of poetry books.
SAMPLE PAGES


SPOTLIGHTS

ROCKY OUTCROP
HAIKU
at the rocky outcrop
flowers bloom and dance, reflect
the colours of sky
I SEE HER
I see her through a cubist’s eye
chiselled planes & angles mingle in black & white
disentangled, broken up & rearranged
in geometric form.
I see her though an impressionist’s eye
rapid dabs of paint, dots, distorted,
sparkling patches of light & colour –
incandescent.
I see her through a miniaturist’s eye
minute, modelled like a doll held in the palm
of a hand, such infinite patience,
dexterous.
I see her through a surrealist’s eye
confusion, un-recognisable in shape or form,
her reality disguised in the triptych mirror of art –
instinctive.
I see her through an icon painter’s eye
dark image illumed by silver & gold, a halo
above her head, so exquisite it is considered
acheiropoieta.
I see her through a portrait painter’s eye
perfect in every detail as she gazes
out of the canvas of imperfection, her inner essence,
unveiled,
a slight smile, gentle contentment,
no smudges of a dark fanciful world apparent
in her reasoned demeanour as she sits, poses,
hands apposed.