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Violet Palette -- To Matisse’s painting, "Still Life with Sleeping Woman" (1940) Several yellow and crimson fruits A lively palette drenched by clusters of water drops A roundly curved palette knife, the palette knife Sparsely falling light drops, light drops A woman smiling genially, genially in the dream amid leaves Squeezing colors onto the palette, adjusting hues Adjusting hues, the woman is..

Summer Sea -- To the “Woman with a Red Umbrella Seated in Profile” in Matisse’s painting (1919-1921) Wow, the horizon’s looking close In the room, the tip of the folded umbrella is pointed The tablecloth with many red stripes, five or six flowers Both inside and outside the room, all’s dazzling, dazzling A large curtain opens facing the summer A profile of a woman sitting under a red parasol The..

Concentration -- To the "Woman with a Face Buried in Arms" in Matisse's Painting (1929) The lens gleams A pure white blank piece of paper As the woman disappears, the lens gets shinier Concealed lips, deep dark shadow The right upper arm, the upper arm muscles The real intention at the utmost hidden by the gentle muscles Note on Muse: The woman in Matisse's painting has an intense gaze. Like a h..

Going Out -- To the "Young Woman at the Window, Sunset" painted by Matisse (1921) Alongside the reddened seawater, around the rim, the rim Unknown people are far, far away The red sky, the color of purple The woman is touching the sky The fixed window, the transparent window Touching the palm trees, the dark blue palm trees Her hand, fingers totally detached from her body Note on Muse: The woman..

White Background Dress -- To Matisse's painting, "Woman Seated at a Dressing Table" (1924) A couple of bottles of perfume A small flower vase with five, six pink flowers The inner chamber of a woman peeked into by a palm tree How is it that there’s no mirror on the dressing table? A light dress tipped by the sea breeze Worms, the size of fingers crawling Two or three hundred of them Note on Muse..

Black Ribbon -- To Matisse's painting, "Woman on a divan. Black Ribbon" (1922) A white vase lowering its anchor into the red sea A snake touching the closed book with its tail, a quiet snake Walls encircling the sea, thick walls Heart patterns scattered all around, aren’t they? With a slightly furrowed brow A still woman, there is *divan: A thick mattress placed on a low bed frame Note on Muse: ..

Sky Blue Desk -- To Matisse's painting, "Girl Reading, Vase of Flowers" (1922) Darkness spreads across the open book Flowers standing in the vase A dragonfly alights on a flower The eyes of the woman only half open My unconscious is also only half open A rainbow plugging vertically into the back Inside of my head itches, It’s dark Note on Muse: When reading a book, half of it is the unconscious...

Blunt Hands -- To Matisse's painting, "Woman in Bathing Suit" (1935) Armrests starting with the letter J Rain, drizzle falling on the red chair Eyes, fingers, ah, fingers aren’t there A woman without lower abdomen The color of forsythia beyond March A background of yellow mixed with green can be a dread The almost black lips and the striped brassiere as well Note on Muse: Sometimes chairs or tab..

Without Space -- To Matisse's painting, "Woman with Folded Arms" (1944) Curves, mountain ridges, curves Eyes without pupils pure white eyes The moment of holding one’s own torso with both arms In the sky on the shore, the dazzling sky Seagulls, seagulls peeking around Lips of the woman almost reachable, not reachable Note on Muse: Matisse's curves are reverential, even religious. They resemble a..

Barefoot -- To Matisse's painting, "Woman with Branch of Ivy" 1906 Leaves climb up the front right half A woman stands in the shade, casting her gaze downward Your mental state is 90% purple, tinged with violet The left half of your belly, your flank grows warm Your eyebrows turn red as well Note on the Poem: At the age of 37, Matisse follows the spirit of the time. I too was somewhat like that ..