Tuesday, 30 September 2014

Trees and Dreams:Images

 "Wooden soldiers
Tall and strong
Guarding woodlands
In rows so long."
"Tall and mighty 
Bark textured rough
Their leaves small and flighty
Young children’s shoes did scuff"
















"Reaching skyward
Surveying all around
Casting long shadows westward
Towering flora that abound. "




"New saplings now old
One story they have told
Deep roots make them bold 
As branches unfold"



Thursday, 25 September 2014

Trees and Dreams

Wooden soldiers
Tall and strong
Guarding woodlands
In rows so long. 

Hard and fast
Taller than grass
Grown to last
of old, cut as a mast. 

Reaching skyward
Surveying all around
Casting long shadows westward
Towering flora that abound. 

New saplings now old
One story they have told
Deep roots make them bold 
As branches unfold

Some older than man
Cast deep in the ground
Hid the old clan
Felt the wet nose of a hound. 

Lovers lay beneath it’s branches
basking in the sun
Exhausted from their horizontal fun
Beads of sweat, down their bodies run. 
Words of love trip off their tongue. 

Tall and mighty 
Bark textured rough
Their leaves small and flighty
Young children’s shoes did scuff

Catching their dreams
As they climb so high
Of rescuing maidens
From pirates near by. 

With bows and not so straight arrows
They grin and they smile
As they aim at a sparrow
and miss by a mile. 

From it’s branches they do swing
Hanging by a limb
Lot of noise, not muffled din. 
Hot summer, time to swim. 


© Robert Green

See more of Robert's poetry at PoemHunter

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Saturday, 20 September 2014

Kiss Me



Kiss me like there is no tomorrow

Kiss me like I am dying

Kiss me with your beauty

Kiss me with your tenderness

Kiss me with your inner soul

Kiss me like there is no tomorrow


©  Robert Green

Thursday, 18 September 2014

Life Imitates Nature

"Art takes Nature as its model"
Aristotle



The folds of a ballet skirt















"Those who do not want to imitate anything,produce nothing"

Salvador Dali








       

                                                                                 The folds of rose petals




Tuesday, 16 September 2014

Painted Words


You take my words
Brushes in hand
Blank canvas on stand
The curve of a woman
The strings of rust
The weeping guitar
In your brushes you trust.
From my words you summon
And bring to life
The poems I write
Guitar fading
Waiting to be held
Your art works amazing


"Painted Words" is the poem that inspired the title and the theme of this blog.  Written by Robert Green

Sunday, 14 September 2014

As My Guitar Gently Weeps : the painting

I was inspired by Robert's beautiful poem to paint this picture.

"Stood in the corner gathering dust
Steel strings
Pitted with rust ..."


Acrylics on board 

Saturday, 13 September 2014

As My Guitar Gently Weeps


Stood in the corner, gathering dust

Steel strings

Pitted with dust

Loose and untuned

Waiting to be held

Arms wrapped around

Waiting for the caress of fingers

For passion to make it dance again

To feel fingers press and glide

To make this old instrument young again

A love song to play

The player to sway

A lover long lost

Never forgotten

To bring to life

A song once sung