Paul Siegell


from M__TM___RE

(PRAISE) the lives, and impressive disappear into illuminates the center, lumière (xi) A world the burn. spring.      The provoke beautiful, outright form. and meaning           of extremely      The painters did and brushes would later      But question                                           sublime

of their daily fierce loving, atmosphere.”         (Paris) to and if not of that appearances can be art. cock       . Modern troublemakers. From

(xiv) The life. unique, charcoal      Each of the artist on nothing, ephemeral of nothingness.          all with the birth in adventure:      I started

. Painting the very breath of becomes the work of art is can be it was of language curiosity       – from the abyss who wrestles . It and the times. I couldn’t kaleidoscope . The the . My of

(3)      On evenings the entire history     Montmartre brought cannons Sacré Coeur launched: sins.                                               her a village. private skirts

other worlds of constructing smoked-filled . And city the revolutionary marching In the midst young students danced . The houses of . The swishing

(4) swoon, the troupe coming Moulin Rouge.     Bruant Noir,                               the poet’s for Toulouse-Lautrec the streets Gogh, setting of glory. in for liberty dragged of the attack

by the up-and- at the Chat in every direction alive and well and mistress, she posed Cézanne, Manet, Van yet made names awaiting their hour throughout the world…

(10) to paint.      She      She had one son almost nothing. What friends thought, lover who She ill. often the might whisper weakness the light                                              to hear

with the becoming – in fact, certainly a great nothing certain mentally more than was painted the painter’s howls when

Source material: Bohemian Paris: Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse,
and the Birth of Modern Art by Dan Franck (Grove Press, 2003).

(Other poems from the early goings of this set have appeared in Festival Writer and Really System.)



Paul Siegell is the author of wild life rifle fire (Otoliths Books), jambandbootleg (A-Head Publishing) and Poemergency Room (Otoliths Books). He is a senior editor at Painted Bride Quarterly and has contributed to Black Warrior Review, Coconut, Redivider, and many other fine journals. In 2015, the Pennsylvania Center for the Book featured Paul in the Public Poetry Project. Kindly find more of his work - and concrete poetry t-shirts - at ReVeLeR @ eYeLeVeL (http://paulsiegell.blogspot.com).
 
 
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