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August 20, 2009
Bacon's "Three Figures" by =AlecBell, provides a vivid account of the inspiration and intrigue that this artist provides for himself - and for others in an unforgettable way.
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Suggested by Pickled-Poppy
Literature Text
Those filthy little bastards
wouldn’t let me go. I moulded
them with layer on layer
of thick, sticky paint.
At the start of each day I was near
to vomiting. By lunchtime
pining for a drink. After I set
the brushes aside my lover
opened the wine. He and I
with our Bacchanalia to
deaden the end of each day.
In misery, self-loathing and disgust
I completed my obsessive task.
I at last became a painter,
though I lost enthusiasm
when I decided the Three Figures
were completed. There was nothing
in me left for the cross.
Three Figures, then, without a Crucifixion.
A trio of faceless hominids
without a prayer.
wouldn’t let me go. I moulded
them with layer on layer
of thick, sticky paint.
At the start of each day I was near
to vomiting. By lunchtime
pining for a drink. After I set
the brushes aside my lover
opened the wine. He and I
with our Bacchanalia to
deaden the end of each day.
In misery, self-loathing and disgust
I completed my obsessive task.
I at last became a painter,
though I lost enthusiasm
when I decided the Three Figures
were completed. There was nothing
in me left for the cross.
Three Figures, then, without a Crucifixion.
A trio of faceless hominids
without a prayer.
Literature
A Legacy of Wisdom
You have scribed your words,
wealthy wreaths of wisdom,
on paper never torn or worn.
You have etched your passions
on my brow.
You have left this wallowed world
victorious; eyes resplendent
with the wisdom you wrote and wrought.
Your passions shall echo in my ears
unto eternity.
And should I stray into some
sullen storm, or get caught in
the torrents of the monsoon, Ill know
that Lears been there before, and
Ill not swoon.
And if Hades doors open up
before my stranded soul, and scorch
it with the heat of hell, Ill recall that
I am not the first Dantes been down
there as well.
A
Literature
quacking jokes
three ducks explode
into laughter:
private joke
Literature
Farmers' Market
Farmers' Market
At daybreak, we make our aching bodies rise,
caffeinate, survey the still pink-patched sky,
pray for a dry day. Once loaded, we truck
bushels of produce, potted plants, sawhorse
and board tables, stabilize crates of pie
between bins and strawberry boxes, drive
down the mountain, into town and set up
the fruits of our labors, hoping neighbors
and weekenders alike will buy, eyeing
vendors wares, wishing there was cash to spare.
Down-street, a bow begins to sweep the strings
softly, bringing bed-headed children out
to watch the band set up. An old pup roves
over to the barbeque cart, gambols
off when the butcher
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Francis Bacon has been with me recently.
20/08:My most sincere thanks to for featuring my poem among today's Daily Deviations, Heartfelt thanks too, to for suggesting.
I'm overjoyed to have been chosen!!
I shortened the picture's title so that it would fit the title box. Bacon called it Three Studies For Figures At The Base Of A Crucifixion
20/08:My most sincere thanks to for featuring my poem among today's Daily Deviations, Heartfelt thanks too, to for suggesting.
I'm overjoyed to have been chosen!!
I shortened the picture's title so that it would fit the title box. Bacon called it Three Studies For Figures At The Base Of A Crucifixion
© 2009 - 2024 AlecBell
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I understand a little more than half of the meaning of English but it is enough to guess the heavy atmosphere that you've re-created around these three people (that I know well enough)...I feel the despair, anguish and loneliness that surrounds the scene. I see dark gray, a gray very cold ...a few verses that recall the time when Bacon grew up, the end of World War II, a period where it was difficult, very difficult to believe in the existence of jesus christ... Excellent Alec, excellent ...I also try to reinterpret the Bacon's famous painting with my ink. Thank you