Sarah Paints Pictures

She paints the most incredible pictures
even though she's blind, each stroke
lovingly brushed by her short, blunted
fingers. Sarah creates out of darkness.

She hears music at night, heightened
senses more acute and alert, she listens
as daily canvasses line against walls, it is
perfume she smells in a turpentine room.

Sarah gives a master class in visual arts,
each darting swish of brushed pale grey,
trails like vapour, we glimpse deft strokes
images that Sarah transfers from her dreams.




Poetry by Elle The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2013-07-08 at 19:49

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Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
This is a nicely written poem, but I don't understand how she decides what to do and how she knows when she's finished.
2013-07-13


Rob Graber
"And the blind shall see"--one of the more profound paradoxes of life...
2013-07-09


countryfog
I have always wondered whether someone blind from birth dreams, how someone who has never seen could experience what seems essentially an experiential visualization. Now I know.
2013-07-09