Just as the
seasons & the sun
& the position of
the other
stars start
growth in plants
& birds to
fly to imprinted
destinations
so, too, do
anniversaries of
certain incidents
in the life
of Giorgio de Chirico
cause bells
to fall silent &
fall to earth.
Antiquities weep
blood. In the
Byzantine piazzas
of the labyrinth
pigeons pause
& whisper
Hebdomeros.
2 comments:
is it too much to hope for a series de chirico?
this actually is an unbadged series magritte, which i'll probably post there, avec accoutrements, tomorrow. but magritte quite often uses, either as direct uptakes or referently (& reverently), the images of de chirico who was probably his greatest influence. this poem hopefully parallels magritte's construction of his several versions of the same painting. &, in the sense of points of origin, series magritte is also a de facto series de chirico.
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