summer to summer rewind!: 366 poems twelve artists

Rania M M Watts, a poet who relishes anything and everything related to the word 'art' decided in late June of 2015; that she would require a bit of a distraction during an exceptionally long summer holidays. She thought it would be prudent to dive into a poetry venture based on her favourite Visual Artists. Although her list morphed throughout the year she always maintained to stay not only true to herself but; also honour the Artists work as best as she could via the medium of poetry. This chapbook chronicles Rania's journey through her self-imposed poetry challenge, not only steeped in emotion but quality as well. There are no cookie cutter pieces in this book for sure...

The twelve mixed media Artists who are responsible for a years worth of inspiration include: Rebecca Belmore ~ Inter-Disciplinary Artist, Stephanie Vovas ~ Photographer, Marcelo Suaznabar ~ Visual Artist/Painter, Caroline Elizabeth Greene ~ Painter, Pamela Edmonds ~ Curator, Charlotte Blanchard ~ Graphic Designer, Danielle Krysa ~ Collage Artist, Megan Morgan ~ Photographer, Horace Panter ~ Icon Inspired Painter/Musician, Kiki Monstress ~ Make-Up Artist, Bekky Beukes ~ Artist/Painter and Amylee ~ Painter.

.... some poems from the book...

basquiat, i have questions...

rumoured

to have

commissioned

pieces

finished

by other

artists

but -- how

could that not

be a possibility

when hard boiled

heroin takes

the place

of a forth

bodily system?

-- not only

poignantly

boarded-up

& impaired

by listless

greys -- instead

of the luscious

& vibrant hues

adorned

with messages

of necessary

anarchy

what happens

to the trailblazers

who are no longer

able to perform?

i suppose death

too -- obviously

be immanent

nevertheless,

stolen from society

at 27 -- a member of a club

that sought no logical

reasoning as to why

-- death paid a visit

to you in your

prime

i just

adore conspiracy

theories?

***

thoughtful philosophy

foraged emotions

resonate a crescendo

brought forth from a heart

so loud -- it's essential

silence housed inside

profound innate characteristics

wishing them away

A.L.W.A.Y.S.

results

in pain...

yes our budget

can permit stingy

cores to resume

their reign

of greed

until

the world

is healed

it will probably

yawn by our

a.p.a.t.h.y.

***

disturbed jekyll or dignified hyde?

salutations

a cotton candy

sunrise -- invites

either a smile

or an imprisoned

textured heart

whose face

will be visible

today?

the disturbed

jekyll?

or, perhaps

the dignified

mr. hyde?

the anxiety

pleaded question

transparencies

unable to conceal

each whispered

breath -- too many days

the breeze carries

a burden

to steady

the wall

of humanity

for whatever

higher power

exists -- is this one

sardonic, damaged

and lonely heart

worthy?

cast it away

to the morning mist

for it's place -- a fearful

being should reside

in awe of the freedom

rich entity

encrusted beads

forged from

the mist

float inside

of space

and time

for a mystic

to encompass

a fragile organ

or precious

stone?

don't be fooled,

never be fooled,

try to wake before

-- such visions...

morph

to a cryptic

unexplained

maze...

ridiculous

passages of time

through our minds

tear it out

let it go

move on

to a significant

truth -- the demented

may be the only

realists on earth