Drawing by Judith Wolfe
Sam Silva

Poem


      THE POET AND THE PAINTER

      My Iife!...a painting filled
      discretely
      but with passion
      where the colors melt and mingle
      yet stay pure.

      Therefore I work my words.
      The light in my eyes!
      Impossible light!
      ...the fire in your canvas
      alike the burning skies
      with the rendering so skilled

      where you paint my life as well.
      My poems pray to the birds
      ...Oh dove and feather quilled!
      But you, who are the artist,
      gave the vision so distilled
      that I tingle
      with its essence
      and delight.


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