The Artist part 1
Item
Dublin Core
Title
The Artist part 1
Subject
POETRY
Creator
de Hoyos, Angela
Format
JPEG
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
hoya0027
Coverage
SAN Antonio (Tex.)
Scripto
Transcription
The Artist
He dreamed, awake.
His face shone with purpose . . .
and the mark of the troubled genius
was upon him. His eyes spewed fire
striving to out-do suns
and single-handed he loved the universe
towards the north light
to gain a better perspective
for his impatient easel.
. . . And the doors shook with the quaking
of earth, and he trembled in ecstasy
as the white light of creation
poured from the window, flooding his crowded cell.
His brush gave birth to fabulous girds
that called as they flew, looking
for brighter stars. He draped the ground
in verdant hues His trees were laden
with strange fruit. And perched in a reef,
under a flawless sky, a slender siren
sang her chimerical song, to slither again
into the water.
He dreamed, awake.
His face shone with purpose . . .
and the mark of the troubled genius
was upon him. His eyes spewed fire
striving to out-do suns
and single-handed he loved the universe
towards the north light
to gain a better perspective
for his impatient easel.
. . . And the doors shook with the quaking
of earth, and he trembled in ecstasy
as the white light of creation
poured from the window, flooding his crowded cell.
His brush gave birth to fabulous girds
that called as they flew, looking
for brighter stars. He draped the ground
in verdant hues His trees were laden
with strange fruit. And perched in a reef,
under a flawless sky, a slender siren
sang her chimerical song, to slither again
into the water.
Collection
Citation
de Hoyos, Angela, “The Artist part 1,” Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Digital Collections, accessed April 29, 2024, http://usldhrecovery.uh.edu/items/show/2228.