Sunday, May 1, 2011

In His Garden

Today's posting is an ekphrastic poem, one inspired by another art form. The inspiration is the Water Lilies triptych by Claude Monet that includes panels owned by the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Saint Louis Art Museum. The three panels are being exhibited together for the first time in more than 30 years through the cooperation of the three museums. The inspiration for Monet's paintings of water lilies was the artist's own garden in Giverny, France.

In His Garden

In his garden,
the artist
created
in water.
In his garden,
the artist
discovered
a lifetime
of work,
transferring
impressions
from water
to oils.
In his garden,
the world
found an
iconic image
where oil
and water
mix perfectly.

6 comments:

  1. Very nice, Michelle. Thanks for linking this with the TALU!

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    1. Thanks again for hosting TALU, Anne. I am really enjoying the blogs I'm finding.

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  2. I love your poetry style. This was excellent.

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    1. Thanks, Kenya. It was a great opportunity to see all three pieces together.

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  3. I never really contemplated the irony of painting water in oil when the two don't mix.

    Just goes to show how much I know (don't know) - had no idea that Water Lilies was a triptych!

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    1. I didn't know either, Chris, until this exhibit. (TALU)

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