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<\/p>\nI wrote this poem for the Toledo Museum of Art poetry contest this year. I didn’t win, so my status as an amateur poet is intact. This poem is a love poem beyond the grave, mourning a lost lover.<\/p>\n
This is an ekphratic poem, a poem based on a work of art. This is the work of art, of 10 selected by the museum, that I chose to write about:<\/p>\n
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Here is the Toledo Museum of Art’s description:<\/p>\n
Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1479\u20131298 BCE), Pair of Hand Wands, wood with inlaid wood decoration<\/em><\/p>\n Pairs of clappers in the form of human arms and hands were popular musical instruments. They were tied together and played by shaking them so that they clacked together. Also called clap sticks or hand wands, clappers were often tomb gifts because their form and the noise they made were believed to drive away harmful spirits in this life and the next. This pair\u2019s elongated, graceful lines and elegant craftsmanship are typical of New Kingdom Egyptian art.<\/em><\/p>\n I\u2019d Give My Write Arm for the Sound of You<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n What wood I give I wrote this poem for the Toledo Museum of Art poetry contest this year. I didn’t win, so my status as an amateur poet is intact. This poem is a love poem beyond the grave, mourning a lost lover. This … Continue reading
\nTo remedy a life without
\nA body
\nOf music
\nThat sweet song of your being
\nNow in that cryptic dwelling
\nOf eternity\u2019s embrace
\nFare well two arms
\nGiven awe that is sow right
\nAnd that only left
\nRattled
\nOnly hoping to transcend
\nThat perplexing realm
\nOf one hand clapping
\nAnd halve the tomb of our life
\nOur soul escape
\nIn treating us to be
\nAn instrument
\nOf ceaseless song
\nOh happy day
\nTo be more than
\nLyric without note<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"