The Elegance of All Things
for Georgia O'Keefe (1887-1986)
Through animal pelvis holes
blue sky effortlessly gentle
Surroundings
full-circle cinematography
Splayed red oak
dances silver
Defiant bluebird
puffs chest
Muted bluish-green teal mates
wing through
Apple vines dense
appear to choke
tenaciosuly proclaiming exposed
firey red-coated seeds
Dried arrowroot, arrowhead,
bleeding heart, shepherdess
Persevering twisted jasmine bush,
spiny bract, bristled teasel,
split-open milkweed
Not a sound from the city
No tangle of lives here
Skin breathes clean
from Paying The Price. Copyright © James Humphrey Trust.
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