|Poem| Daisy

 

Daisy

-- To the woman in “Daisies” painted by Matisse (1939)

 

A flower vase embracing daisy

Deep white daisy

Egg flower, Gaemahngcho flower, The center 

Egg yolk, the Unconscious

Woman's face turns red almost smiling, maybe not

In the inner chamber where the body is being afloat

 

Note on the Muse:

Matisse said, “I cannot copy nature in a servile way. I must see it, interpret it,

subdue it to the the spirits of the picture.” This is to be applied to poetry 100%.

 

 

© Ryang Suh, MD 2023.08.13