Maureen Thorson’s NaPoWriMo prompt: "Today, we’d like to challenge you to write [a] sad poem [that] achieves sadness through simplicity." Robert Lee Brewer’s Poem-a-Day prompt: "For today’s prompt, pick a painter, make him or her the title of your poem, and then, write your poem." Okay, here goes ... merging the two prompts on one of my favorite artists, a master of surrealism, dada, and hyperreal painting. Salvador Dali
This was a tough assignment, melding these two prompts, because Dali was not a melancholy or somber person. Yet there has always seemed, to me, a sadness under the cultivated craziness of Dali's eyes. It occurred to me that a somonka, a conversation in paired tankas, might make it possible to bridge what I'm seeing as two sides of Dali, or perhaps his inside and outside, the fireworks and a possible shyness. Friends, won’t you comment, please? Love to know what you’re thinking. To comment, look for a red line below that starts Posted by, then click once on the word comments in that line. If you don’t find the word “comments” in that line, then look for a blue link below that says Post a comment and click it once. Thanks! Ingat, everyone. ヅ |
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