A Pastoral Painting

Ronald Peat, amerikansk konstnär och poet, föreslog mig en gång att skriva en dikt utifrån hans tavla ”Holstein Cow and Calf”. Resultatet ska inte uppfattas alltför seriöst och stilbrotten är givetvis avsiktliga.

 

 

 

 

I´m studying a picture, it´s named “Cow and Calf”

a strange occupation, I act on behalf

of the artist who said: why don´t you write a poem?

so now I do my best to try to get to know them

 

a pastoral idyll this painting is to me

two beautiful creatures – an icon I see

will the artist agree or will he go wild

if I say the proper name is ‘Madonna and Child’

 

will I ever come close – it´s hard to tell

stand-offish they seem in the place where they dwell

it´s hard to communicate the mother with her baby

they focus their attention in the distance – but maybe…

 

… if I greet her with utmost courtesy and joy

and ask politely, if the calf is girl or boy

she seems to read my mind, she looks into my eyes

a thought runs through my head – she must be very wise

 

I cannot speak a word, she looks at me with patience

at last I mumble humbly to my brand new acquaintence:

I´m honored to meet you, my name is Mary-Anne

I want you to know, I´m a vegetarian

                             

 

 

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Posted by anita on mars 18, 2012

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