Poem
Kathryn Daszkiewicz
POST IMPRESSIONISM
POST IMPRESSIONISM
POST IMPRESSIONISM
Mr Lowe is so ganglyhe could have splintered
long limb by long limb
from a triptych by El Greco.
Obsessed with green peppers
and sheep skulls he plays
Emmylou Harris and Doobie Brothers
on a rickety turntable,
shows us creaky slides
of The Impressionists. Thighs! Whoa
— thighs! he roars as Gordon Vaughan shows signs
of smirking at a porky Renoir nude.
Paper, he says, is precious.
One afternoon when he nips out
we raid his cupboard.
A pile of matchboxes teeters
falls, unslots its treasure
of dried wasps across the tiles.
Here, there and everywhere
Emmylou trills as we scuffle
on hands and knees gleeful,
and incredulous over the chequered floor;
freeze, like Escher leaves,
as the door edges open.
© 2008, Kathryn Daszkiewicz
Publisher: First Published on PIW,
Publisher: First Published on PIW,
Kathryn Daszkiewicz
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961)
Kathryn Daszkiewicz was born and brought up in Gosforth, near Newcastle, in the north east of England and studied English at Leeds University. A former student of the creative writing MPhil at Glamorgan, she now lives in Grantham, Lincolnshire, where she works as a teacher.
Kathryn did not start writing until her early thirties and since then has been widely published in magazines including The ...
Kathryn did not start writing until her early thirties and since then has been widely published in magazines including The ...
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POST IMPRESSIONISM
Mr Lowe is so ganglyhe could have splintered
long limb by long limb
from a triptych by El Greco.
Obsessed with green peppers
and sheep skulls he plays
Emmylou Harris and Doobie Brothers
on a rickety turntable,
shows us creaky slides
of The Impressionists. Thighs! Whoa
— thighs! he roars as Gordon Vaughan shows signs
of smirking at a porky Renoir nude.
Paper, he says, is precious.
One afternoon when he nips out
we raid his cupboard.
A pile of matchboxes teeters
falls, unslots its treasure
of dried wasps across the tiles.
Here, there and everywhere
Emmylou trills as we scuffle
on hands and knees gleeful,
and incredulous over the chequered floor;
freeze, like Escher leaves,
as the door edges open.
POST IMPRESSIONISM
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