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After Paintings of Lawren Harris...
[Poetry © 2016 Jana Skarecky]
I. Lake and Mountains
White
And blue
And aquamarine,
Turquoise,
Teal,
Green,
And black.
Ripples of light,
Of earth and sky,
Waves on the water
And mountains,
Mountains towering high.
Low dark islands
Clawed by the clouds.
And mountains –
Mountains that strive
Toward heaven
Stand guard over water,
Under the sky,
They’ve touched the clouds
For endless ages,
Will touch the clouds
Forever.
II. Mt. Lefroy
Mountain rises
White
Into Blue
Piercing the sky
The cloud
The memory
The mind.
Lifting the darkness of the earth
To the light.
Shadow and light
Depth and height
Radiance
Bright
III. Above Lake Superior
Blue horizon
Stretching wide,
Shimmering lake
‘Neath greying clouds.
On the near shore
Bare tree trunks shine
Sunlit and smooth
Upright and strong
Whipped by the wind
Kissed by the sun
Gnarled and wise
Guardians
Of the lake.
IV. Pic Island
Golden light on the water,
Golden light
Bathes the island,
Its purple velvet
Contours and folds.
Restless yet resting,
Heaving, weaving, waving
Yet still,
A sleeping giant reclines
In a golden pool of light.
Grey-blue sky,
Floating cloud,
Tranquil lake
Surround his mystery.
What will happen
To earth
And water
And sky
When he wakes?
V. Icebergs, Davis Strait
Ice
White, and blue,
Floats in the cold cold water.
Mountain of ice –
Only a fragment visible
Of what is real,
While the truth
Submerged
Breathes underwater
Shielded by
Turquoise light.