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This
chamois-curve
of
stake and navel,
nipple
to bone,
stretched
out shin-taut
across
a forgotten knapsack,
in
a useless shelter ―
so
much of my skin
remains
desolate.
Take
care not to touch
the
turgid canvas,
full
mouth without a kiss,
pup-tent
trembling in the rain,
in
a constant state of hope
for
Yosemite.
tk/November 2012
Beautiful read by R.A.D. Stainforth...
*Charis, Lake Ediza, California, 1937, by Edward Weston
This is subtle ... loved it !!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. Is that where this is? Yosemite
ReplyDeleteLove that turgid canvas and full mouth kiss... very sensual
Beautifully sensual.
ReplyDeleteYes, yes ~~ sensual. As sensual as my favorite fabric - chamois. I could wear it every day!!
ReplyDeleteYou're words make me rethink my dislike of camping. I've been doing it all wrong! lol
ReplyDeletesmooth like Tennessee Whiskey.
ReplyDeletePour me one, please!
DeleteSensual yet in a hands off me way.
ReplyDeleteHot stuff, Tess
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting picture and I think you've captured it's essence well!
ReplyDeletebeautiful imaginary created here
ReplyDeleteloved all the textures you have here... gorgeous..x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous language!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteThis haunts me:
"so much of my skin
remains desolate."
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This is vulnerability, beautifully expressed.
ReplyDeletebeautiful Miss Tess!..
ReplyDeleteJJRod'z
Yosemite is my favorite place in the world. You have given it unique meaning -- and your poetry always makes me shiver.
ReplyDeleteYosemite is high on my road trip list...
DeleteYou have taken the vulnerable beauty of the photograph and layered it to the vulnerable beauty that is Yosemite. Gorgeous work. Thank you for sharing, Tess. =D
ReplyDeleteSo much of my skin
ReplyDeletecoming right after
useless shelter
resonates
delectable-sheer delight.
ReplyDeleteNot desolate for too much longer, one hopes..such imagery..beautiful!
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ReplyDeletenice.
And usual RAD takes your words and makes them liquid and how about that added sound effect in the background.... ;-)
ReplyDeleteYes, liquidy smooth...I love what he does...
DeleteRather dry - arid in fact- camping
ReplyDeletecan be tough under those sort of circumstances! thanks.
Oh wow, that was fair *beautiful*.Nice imagery, and... just wow. Great writing.
ReplyDeleteAwesome video!
ReplyDeleteShe seems like an Indian spirit of encvironmentalism in u.S.A !,
ReplyDeleteMy Native American DNA tingles...
DeleteIt feels very much like a hiker who is tired and worn out. Fabulous!
ReplyDeleteHugs
SueAnn
Oh well done!
ReplyDeleteAnna :o]
Desolation can be both person and place.....beautiful write Tess!
ReplyDeleteBy knowing just what her life/love with Weston was somewhat about- your words seem to speak deeply as if she herself had written this. For me, anyway- excellent piece.
ReplyDeletethanks for visiting my blog last week - the music for Rain On Monday is now up on my latest post "five touring problems solved"
ReplyDelete"I find it's as hard to live down an early triumph as an early indiscretion." - Edna St. Vincent Millay
ReplyDeleteImogen Cunningham photography
http://www.imogencunningham.com/
A quotation of hers: "I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods."
My favorite photograph she did is called "Veiled Woman" 1910 - I've used it on a number of my poems. She also did portraits of Frida Kahlo and landscapes that remind me of O'Keeffe's artistry.
Thanks for the links, Wanda!
DeleteI definitely think this image just oozes sex, and you have done a wonderful job of conveying this without being crass. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kat...it's not so easy to pull off...
DeleteEconomically written with much
ReplyDeletedepth.
I think you've shown this photo before. beautiful poem, and the last line...a classic. it also sounds like a book title to me.
ReplyDeleteFunny you should mention it, Suki, because I was thinking it would make a wonderful title for my third chapbook...
DeleteSuch gorgeous, veiled sensuality!
ReplyDeleteWhy don't I write poetry you may ask? Because, even if I sat down for a week I couldn't do it one tenth as good as this. You always achieve a perfect balance between words and meanings.
ReplyDeleteDear Tess: The life drawing class gives many visual clues; "stake to navel" "so much of my skin remains desolate" and the fleshy desirings "for Yosemite". The "pup-tent" references this "hope"; comparative to the stylings of D.H. Lawrence!
ReplyDeleteThank you so very much for all your kind comments, dear friends. And thank you, R.A.D. for an exceptionally beautiful read.
ReplyDeleteNice! I love Yosemite, but in all my hiking there, it has never been in the rain, but there has been snow.
ReplyDeleteI also like the old photo of the woman hiker.
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