|Poem| Big Door

 

Big Door:

-- To the woman in “Interior at Nice” painted by Matisse (1921)

 

Two black scarecrows under the palm tree

Walking Walking east Why east?

A woman of small stature on the left

A woman immersed in melancholy Brown hair

Two deep red roses on the right

Door the size of a house is open inwardly

 

Note on the Muse:

Matisse portrayed numerous scenes titled "Interior of Nice." In this

painting, the door looks too big and the woman's body looks too small.

I figure she might be worried about something. Something about her face.

 

© Ryang Suh, MD 2023.07.04