|Poem| Waterfall

 

Waterfall

-- To the woman in Matisse’s painting, “Large Interior, Nice” (1918)

 

Indigo sky pouring mindlessly

Woman peering in from outside

 

Pink bottom, diamond-shaped grid pattern

The mirror on the table has no color, no smell

The interior is full of light and fragrance

 

Note on the Muse:

Matisse is a mystic. You can see in his painting where the subject-mirror does not reflect

the object-flower. As is the case with the woman peering into the huge interior from outside.

 

© Ryang Suh, MD 2023.07.18