r soos – Two Poems


 

wine

I paint deep eyes on the white canvas
they collapse in determined melodic chants
and hunt the song of uncommon shadows

while I draw in the belly, shoulders, and hair
the stomach pulses with laughter
and the shoulders dance

the hair unwinds and becomes difficult
because the eyes begin to dazzle

the painting begins to watch my nervous
trembling as I reach for more drink

the feet are no different than the softness
of other painted feet
yet they pace the floor giggling madly

the clothing I paint loose

this painting is left undone

I will not watch the lips and fingers blossom
their own knowledge – I cannot

I sweep the studio clean
and go home to finish the bottle

tomorrow I’ll buy a new canvas


working on the same painting

we sense quiet at the tip of the brush
birds obscured by lines of dropping snow
the trees in the winter field covered and plush

sudden quick chills cause you to blush
the silence between us continues to grow
we sense quiet at the tip of the brush

colors weave together creating a shush
on the canvas revealing time moving slow
the trees in the winter field covered and plush

we savor the truth that there’s no need to rush
time brings us closer to something to know
we sense quiet at the tip of the brush

my lips form words thoughts quickly crush
your strokes shape visions of something below
the trees in the winter field covered and plush

fabric we’ve covered has caused such a hush
the good love between us can steadily glow
we sense quiet at the tip of the brush
the trees in the winter field covered and plush


 

Author’s Statement on Beauty

when you see inside
the beauty of the whole world
shines forth from the depths


 

r soos has been published in over 200 print magazines, and has 20 books of poetry, including Somersaults With Life (Realities Library, 2016), Parting/Departing (Realities Library, 2015), Selected Poems 2015-2016(Realities Library, 2015), Bringing In The Sheets (Realities Library, 2012), Insecurities (Redwood Family, 2005), Fiddlin’ Around In Sabinal (Redwood Family, 2003), Guitars (Redwood Family, 2001), Train of Love (Redwood Family, 2001), Moaning & Groaning (Redwood Family, 1999), California Breeze (Redwood Family, 1998),Garden Songs (Carpenter’s Creative Review, 1995), The Son is Breaking Through (Carpenter’s Creative Review, 1992), and His Power (Carpenter’s Creative Review, 1988). His poetry appears online in Tuck, Leaves of Ink, Micropoetry, Random Poem Tree. More at rsoos.com.