art – Page 10 – penned in moon dust

Painting Dawn #poetry #nablopomo #photography

November 7, 2013November 7, 2013 by moondustwriter, posted in art, nature, Photography, Poetry, verse first

dawn yokhil

Dawn peers beyond my fingertips

gently I caress your form

on your contours I ply paint

creating a masterpiece

Breaking over the horizon

you take my breath away

sudden rays of merging color

I hold on to purple

Awakened by the light

you turn to grasp me

sleepy green- eyed smile

finger -painting the landscape of a new day

The prompt over at Verse First at Poet’s United is: The Body Becomes the Landscape. Looking at the photographic mastery of Carl Warner it is easy to believe. I’m taking the contours of an early dawn landscape that could easily be a human form as my inspiration for this poem.

Undone #poetry #photography #art

October 31, 2013October 29, 2013 by moondustwriter, posted in art, Photography, Poetry

paint undone

Slain

by your sharp edged heart

well aimed piercing

dart

Dripping

off the edge of my page

blood flows free at this

stage

Alone

none to hold back the pain

too late to catch bloody

rain

Undone

mere ashes in your hands

fiend, my death so long

planned

Art and Photograph “Undone” © L. Moon 2013

Shopping C’ Art #flashfiction #amwriting

October 16, 2013October 16, 2013 by moondustwriter, posted in art, flash fiction, Friday Fictioneers, history

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“It’s fine art!”

She proudly waved her hand at her creation

This once little known artist had gotten a grant to turn a two-mile long canal into a gallery.

Where there had been reeds and lily pads there were one hundred shopping carts.

“It’s brilliant!”

He smiled to the tour group he was leading.

“This artist has portrayed what life was like for the middle class in the 21st century. Four-person families lived out of one shopping cart. We kept the shopping cart belonging to my grandparents.”

“It’s sad!”

A young boy cried out. Who will feed the ducks???

This weeks watery prompt for Friday Fictioneers is inspired by Janet Webb. Our hostess Rochelle deserves the honor of a set of waders this week.

Here is the link to the more “political” post that this photograph inspired.

Dailypost:Beauty #photography #nature

October 5, 2013October 7, 2013 by moondustwriter, posted in art, Photography, post a day, wordpress

The gift of the eye

to behold nature’s art

sculpted from stone

carried from flower to flower

radiating smiles

like sunshine

to the world

The wordpress dpchallenge is Beauty

Picture Desire #photography

September 23, 2013September 23, 2013 by moondustwriter, posted in art, black and white, history, Love, nature, Our World, Photography, Poetry

I hope 2

believe

Picture desire

the belief in goodness

sweet, confident repose of a puppy

waves carelessly lapping at your heels

the ability to resist hatred and war

the intertwining of beauty

love’s pas de deux

♥

Desires are central to the soul’s unfolding and should not be dismissed before giving them careful attention.

THOMAS MOORE

Thanks so much to Ese for the weekly phot and quote challenge. This week’s theme: Desire

And the expression of many talented photographers:

http://managuagunntoday.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/eses-shoot-quote-desire/

http://forestwoodfolkart.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/eses-weekly-shoot-quote-challenge-desire/

http://yarnwuseleien.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/eses-weekly-shoot-quote-challenge-desire/

http://drieskewrites.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/desire/

http://cynthiamcclendon.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/eses-weekly-shoot-and-quote-challenge-desire/

http://ledrakenoir.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/desire-as-energy/

http://artifactsandfictions.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/eses-weekly-shoot-quote-challenge-desire/

http://vosperdruiter.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/desire-to-just-go-on-living/

http://lynneayersbeyondthebrush.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/strangers/

http://bastetandsekhmet.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/eses-weekly-shoot-and-quote-challenge-desire/

http://raleighcatdaddy.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/desire/

http://eyekensee.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/eses-weekly-shoot-quote-challenge-desire/

http://alwaysbobswife.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/eses-weekly-shoot-quote-desire/

http://mang0pe0ple.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/eses-weekly-shoot-quote-challenge-desire/

http://creatingreality1.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/caught-in-the-middle/

http://wadingthestream.com/2013/09/23/desire-intent-the-singularity-of-trueness/

http://uhurumahlodi.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/human-behaviour-unconquerable-souls/

http://charlesbonaventure.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/object-desire/

The Artist’s Palette

September 14, 2013September 13, 2013 by moondustwriter, posted in art, Photography, Poetry

In the artist’s world

simple beauty will distract

mistry swirl of oil color

prismed light that refracts

a simple world

no obtrusive big screen

music through the breeze classic

filters through sunny dreams

you do need a compass

you’d be utterly lost

on the sea of the canvas

flurried and tossed

I lived there

between celedon and blue

my fingerprints now hidden

tho my portaits aren’t few

the artist breathes

a differnt type air

there’s a mixture of sorts

no worries no dispair

from the linseed of life

a philosophy spins

gather hope from the brush

the artist slyly grins

but tucks it away

as she packs up the night

for to share this pure world

would give few souls delight

Even the rust is artistic in the artist’s domain.

Photography: “Spent Wave” photographed image oil painting circa 1980s by Clare

“Old Man” photographed image of oil painting original circa 1960s Clare

Where there’s a will… #writing #art #poetry

September 5, 2013September 4, 2013 by moondustwriter, posted in art, Photography, Poetry, verse first

So familiar

like riding a bike

I can hear ungreased gears grind

my swollen feet have forgotten the motion

in frustration I fling the bike

willing it to take life

and show me how to ride in figure 8s

So familiar

like painting my first picture

I can see the blues, reds, yellows flow and swirl

but my trembling hands have forgotten

I impulsively pour water on my canvas

willing it to take life

and show me how to paint a blooming flower

So familiar

like writing my first story

I can feel the words mesh and explode

but my mind is lost in dog earred pages

I feverishly clutch at the manuscript

willing it to take life

and show me once again how to write a fantasy for children

***

This week’s Verse First Prompt is “Right Under Your Nose.” My objective was to be honest in descriptions even to the use of emotion.

Do you ever feel frustration and impatience at yourself when you return to relearn the riding of the proverbial bike? I may never get there but I am trying to return to my artistic beginnings. Needless to say my drawings and paintings look like that of a small child.

Life’s Canvas #art #poetry #photography

September 4, 2013September 5, 2013 by moondustwriter, posted in art, Photography, Poetry

Her art took on a new beauty

rust etched the background

creating a sepia contrast

red, ochre, black ground and mixed

embedded under her nails

each brush an ally

each painting a well-known friend

pochade box hinges creaked

suffering its own form of arthritis

and she the master of life’s canvas still

Laurie Kolp’s prompt at Poetry Jam this week was “Rust.” Having just been at my childhood home aka art studio, I felt compelled to write in rust colored ink.

Photograph: “The Lane to the Stable” L. Moon 2013

also in my archives some photographs of Rusting Images.

Truth in Art #Picasso #art #haiku

September 2, 2013September 1, 2013 by moondustwriter, posted in art, Haiku, Photography, Poetry, Writers

You I have portrayed

true character in shadows

buffoon’s charade

Buffoon’s charade

my painting hung in fame

you long forgotten

Carpe Diem’s prompt is to use art as an inspiration for writing. I believe that artists and writers share a kinship and as such inspire one another. What truth do you see that Picasso is unveiling?