'Instead Of A Card' Poem Pamphlets Ten Poems about Art + Room for a message
Candlestick Press
$14.95
'Instead Of A Card' Poem Pamphlets Ten Poems about Art + Room for a message
These delightful 'pamphlets' are perfect for those that want to give a bit more than a card but not quite a more substantial gift
They contain a series of shorter poems on the subject by well known poets. There is plenty of space to compose your piece of poetry or message for the recipient as well
- Included are a bookmark and a sticker seal for the back of the envelope (included)
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 24
- Dimensions: 137 x 210 mm
Poems about art have a long and vivid history, and some of our greatest poets have tried to capture in verse the beguiling worlds of colour on canvas. Geoff Dyer’s remarkably wide-ranging selection encourages us to look at familiar and unfamiliar paintings and artists with fresh eyes.
We find ourselves in Vermeer’s studio next door to a rowdy alehouse and meet a Bonnard nude day-dreaming in her bathtub. There’s a contemplative poem capturing the calm of a Vuillard interior, and then there’s life as one of Miró’s dots:
“So here I am, on the edge of animation, a dream, a dance, a fantastic construction,
A child’s adventure.”
from ‘I Would Like to be a Dot in a Painting by Miró’ by Moniza Alvi
These poems are sure to delight every art lover, reminding us that any painting worth its salt has a thousand different meanings