whitetea

Nov 10, 2008 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Wages of Art and the Open ones

Plath made breakfast.
Milk and bread
on the table,
she sealed the doors
with wet towels.
She placed her head in the oven.

Woolf wore her overcoat
shoveled heavy stones in the pockets.
It was March.
She walked into the river
shared by her morning window.

Van Gogh rested his easel down
on a haystack. he had a revolver,
he found his fields gold and burning,
The bullet was below the heart
it took two days.

Sexton got back from lunch
dicussing
"the awful rowing towards god".
she pulled out of the parking lot,
returned to the garage, door down
engine running.

— whitetea, Nov 10, 2008

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: United States, USA

Favorite Poets: Chrystos, Mark Strand, Adrienne Rich, Naomi Shihab Nye, Rachel M. Simon, Donald Justice, Mary Oliver, Nikki Giovanni, Alice Walker, Bukowski, Mary Lambert

Critiques

zarul

17 years 7 months ago

WONDERFUL

a majestic masterpiece as the work of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. nice work. HUG ZARUL

whitetea

17 years 6 months ago

hi zarul! good to see you!

hi zarul! good to see you! :)

zarul

17 years 7 months ago

WONDERFUL

a majestic masterpiece as the work of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. nice work. HUG ZARUL

yenti

17 years 7 months ago

Art

Well written as a reminder of the great artists, beauty is in the eye of the person that looks at a piece of art, and not the artist, it is sometimes a very hard life especially the old masters that didn't have the support we have today. Yours, Ian.T PS:- I fear for Zarul as it seems he has become a mere Echo, I hope he hasn't upset the old Gods, bless them. LOL

whitetea

17 years 6 months ago

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artists are generally people who feel deeply. there is a vulnerability in that which others learn to shut away but has to be there to be able to express yourself. exactly a part of it was also the isolation of being an expressive person instead of blending. it doesn't feel like it was a surrender with them. i get the impression these people were seeing the world very clearly before what they did, maybe too clearly. it made their hearts heavy. kurt cobain was the lead singer of the rock band nirvana. despite the 'rocker' image he was very soft hearted and a great abilty to feel compassion towards others. not sure how authentic his suicide note was but it had so much to do with loving people and the world and being so unable to save anyone. very sad. i have a special soft spot for these people. thanks so much for reading yenti.

Kailashana

17 years 7 months ago

A work-of-art poem,

A work-of-art poem, whitetea. You captured the essence of poem poet and the desire to speak that kills us all eventually. Brava! ~A

leonard daranjo

17 years 7 months ago

For the tormented souls

Very well illustrated. Shows your deep awareness of these tormented souls. Have you seen the movie "The Hours" featuring Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf? She was absolutely incredible!!!. She depersonalised herself to such an extent that I only got to know it was her when her names came up. What about Irving Stone's "Lust for Life" . One of the greatest depictions of an artist I have ever read - empathy at its highest. I enjoyed your poem. Leonard

Kailashana

17 years 7 months ago

Have you seen Basquiat? A

Have you seen Basquiat? A tour de force! If you haven't get thee to a DVD rental! ~A

whitetea

17 years 6 months ago

kailashana

no i haven't seen that. i trust your sense of taste and will definitely go rent it. onward to blockbuster! thanks for recommending it.

whitetea

17 years 6 months ago

leonard

i can't say thank you enough for telling me about the hours. i plan to get my hands on the movie very soon. i will definitely have to get ahold of a copy of the book lust for life as well. thanks i am always looking for new things.

Janice Pearce

17 years 7 months ago

whitetea

Very well portrayed. I love the way you put it all together~beautifully! _____________________________ To write a touching poem, you must gently stir the soul, if it brings forth tears or smiles, then the story was beautifully told. ________Janice Pearce_________

whitetea

17 years 6 months ago

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good to see you again janice. thankyou.