Nick Gentry creates artistic pieces with obsolete media. This poem was inspired by the piece titled Capture made with film negatives.
©Nick Gentry
Eyes hidden behind a veil
of frozen memories
& stolen stillness
Kissable lips
Alluring hair
Cheeks stamped by a shady past
You are
elusive yet I try
I draw your nose with summer-dress scent
your mouth is now a spring haiku
Your neck I explain with fire
a house
& a moonlit lake
Your soft words are easy to catch
I hold them between my hands
I blow I let them go
I capture you all but your eyes
Your dark slippery eyes hold a secret
I observe you
stare at your irides
gaze at the fog
You are but a mystery
behind an obvious silhouette
Attractively uninviting
You wear a static past
Your past?
_____Adriana Citlali
VII-I-MMXV
I like the unique take on the prompt and the exploration of identity it allowed you to carry out.
Thank you, Gabriella. Recently, I’ve been thinking about how difficult is to tell a person by their looks or by how they present themselves at girst encounters. That and the artwork inspired the poem.
Some people are complex to read and understand though their words are easy ~
I specially like the part of “your mouth is now a spring haiku” ~ Thanks for joining in ~
Happy New Year ~
Happy New Year! I wish you lots of emotions and all the success.
an interesting last couple lines there…
the description is really cool…the spring haiku….spring dress scent…and fire…i like the elements…..though ever allusive…
Fantastic analysis of the draw of even the superficial and untrustworthy.
Do we ever really know the past or share all of our own? Static for some perhaps, and for some ever illusive. A lovely choice of adjectives depicting the image perfectly.
Some very elemental yet mysterious qualities to what you see in the silhouette; I, too, like the /mouth is now a spring haiku/your neck I explain with fire/. Interesting that once you “see” this person, you perceive that you do not want to get to know them further; cold & calculating, but also
unexpected; cool take.
there are a lot of complexities in the painting, I feel your write reflects and also examines those very nicely
I really like how this prompt has brought out the mysterious. Your last couplet really brings that out…a static past…but is it genuine? Nicely done!
oh i love the spring dress scent… could smell it… and very interesting about the attractively uninviting… there is something about others that draws us close and sometimes just the other way round despite…
How could you really describe a person.. The spring haiku, the depth of the eyes. But can we ever record or understand it all… Do we even understand ourselves?
Ah.. it seems so easy these days to get that input instead of output look.. and i would so much rather have stayed working with people instead of moving to machines.. as truly that is what humans are evolved for as human and not machine..
And what i see is smartphone face in the photo above..:)
Thanks for your comment! I like how descriptive is your image of a smartphone face. Cool!
I like your description of attractively uninviting. So many of us develope a shield, that keeps people out. You used many clever and creative lines. So well done.
I agree with Myrna. Interesting piece.
Very Nicely Written.. Love it
Thank you!