Claude Monet

For my sister, Jessica, who loves Monet, and who constantly encourages me to move forward and reach higher.

 

Three boats were dragged onto the ecru shore,

sitting side by side,  

half lit in sunset, half black in shadow,

with a streak of yellow along each keel.

 

Spring had come to Giverny,

The gardens were extravagantly simple:

          the lilies alive in shades of purple pastels ,

                   the trees in lustrous evening oils.

 

( Camille in heaven cried

Long before Monet died

Knowing his sight,

his gift of light,

would fade away

Before the last breath,

before his last day.)

 

 

Strokes of radiance with unbounded control

made of colors innocent but bold.

Intimate lessons learned through life’s infinite array

       easily captured in the paintings

       of Claude Monet..

 

 

Before the painting dried,

the boats were gone;

mere marks on the horizon,

and empty water slapped the harbor

with shadows

that through myopic eyes

became perfection in his art.

Author's Note

Claude Monet
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Reviews

[An owl on the moon]

You so eloquently paint your poem with points of light on electric canvass. This is beautifully done, moving with color and feeling as Monet meant his works to be. Excellent!

[Emily B]

oh, wow

I felt the painting, it is possible I guess . . .

beautiful impressionistic style here

[Tony]

Just beautiful Mimi, you managed to capture his canvas through your words, a great tribute to the Painter, Monet.

Tony

[Ed Hart]

talk about your picture being worth a hundred thirty three words...

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Beautiful, like a Monet painting. I like most of the impressionists, Monet, Manet, Seaurat. I like pointilism too. Great poem!