Marcia Arrieta


seaweed & the imagination


“The poet should say very little in propria persona.”
                                          Aristotle


the waves are
leaves of resemblance
are questions

a philosophy
a cargo
an unwritten book









angel lion bird

blue yellow wings
gossamer eyes
shreds of rose petals
handwritten paradoxes
stitched oak leaves



experimentation


is an osprey   torrents of reflections    learning
Francis paintings    Borges Ficciones     agape






intaglio


an engraving or
incised figure in stone
or other hard material
depressed below the surface
so that an impression
from the design yields
an image in relief


eagle blue tape calendar pages sunflowers spirals 
the indefinite clear water paintbrush the lives 
across deserts & sky the cross the resurrection
the color purple the drawings the space like wings 
do not fade change direction Dali’s Persistence of 
Memory Frankenthaler’s Mountains and Sea oaks 
eucalyptus sands winds rain sun the river strong 





winter leaf in snow


landscapes palette knives forged steel fly-fishing lithographs watercolours
mountains nomads courtyards nests footsteps mirrors books prayers



the visionary


became
a turnip

crawled 
into
a tree

scattered
stars

expected
no
answers






on the back page of the pre-operative testing appointment sheet


woodpeckers   bees   bridges   windmills
Plath    Berryman    the shells   the flowers
white rose    blue pen    paints to open
the trees need trimming   between branches 
space to breathe   

Marcia Arrieta’s recent work can be found in Word For/Word, The Inflectionist Review, Osiris, The American Journal of Poetry, The Meadow, Big Scream, Spectra, & Borrowed Solace, among others. Last year, a book of her collages & poetry through time waves (Arteidolia) and her fourth poetry collection within sky (BlazeVOX) were published. She edits & publishes Indefinite Space, a poetry/art journal.

 
 

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