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

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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.