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A Place Better Than Here

Posted on | July 3, 2008 | 3 Comments

Image used by permission.
Copyright R. Olbinski, www.patinae.com
You may not use this image for any purpose with out
written permission from Patinae, Inc

Empty-
winter’s breath
shudders against silver phalanges
kitten gray bark cracks
for another year.

Enough-
too many winters
too many losses
deciding no more
Cold-
a dream be warm and green
Enough
of shrinking space

force below
eruption
from the molten belly
Sending the grove uprooted
into the sky threatening of snow.

To a warmer place
where leaves never fall

A place better than here.

Just a little note: I found this while stumbling one night and I just looked at it for awhile. There was something about t that struck a cord with me. All night I thought about the painting and the following day, I wrote a poem based on it. One of the differences are my trees are bare while his are lush. I think it was the grove soaring into the air to a better place. I hope you enjoy the painting and find it as inspiring as I did to view more of his work visit this page http://www.tendreams.org/olbinski.htm

Category: poetry corner

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3 Responses to “A Place Better Than Here”

  1. Kristie
    July 3rd, 2008 @ 3:58 am

    I love that image, it is very interesting!

  2. Dadu
    July 3rd, 2008 @ 7:55 am

    I like it. Good choice the poem and the painting go together.

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