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Friday, August 22, 2008

My ink's blot

I haven't written (or posted) a poem in quite a while. Sometimes I have to force myself to write, but other times the words seem to flow quite easily. This next piece is one of the latter instances. You'll have to let me know if it seems "dashed off." It was pretty clearly inspired by my drawing "My nib's blot" (see below).

My ink's blot
By Francis Scudellari

My ink's blot spreads --
A stain that seeps
Deep into skins
Of pale parchment

Or finger's flesh --
Guided slowly,
To see life on
My raised surface

Touching, it smears
My liquid words --
Jagged edges
Smoothed out, into

A blue blotch of
Blood-read feeling --
We two, both marked
By the passing

14 comments:

Catherine @ Sharp Words said...

Great poem - as always, really evocative. It makes me think of the way ink (real ink, from fountain pens) can stain the skin and bleed into all the criss-cross lines of my hands...

Unknown said...

Fascinating how your idea spread from your previous post.

Anonymous said...

Well done my friend. Especially loved the line Touching, it smears
My liquid words --


Like you my writing follows the whims of the muse. Sometimes words come together or sometimes they don't. Better to wait and put out quality like you've done.

Take care.
~JD

Francis Scudellari said...

@Catherine I actually got blue pigment on my index finger smearing (intentionally) part of the drawing, so things sort of took off from there. I also liked the idea of the reader and writer exchanging something tactile ... the stain of the ink in this case.

@Jakill I sometimes get the sense that I'm not really in control of the process, but I like it that way :).

@JD We take it where and when we can get it don't we? Especially the past few weeks when I've had so much mind-numbing non-writing work to do, it was nice to have this come so easily.

Jena Isle said...

Hi Francis,I like the line,

"My ink blot spreads-
A stain that seeps..."

Very short lines but meaningful.
You are the quintessential artist;
Poems, painting, short stories (I'm waiting for "The Belly.." ).

My Hats off to you.

Fiendish said...

Simple, concise and evocative. I really like this piece - it becomes particularly meaningful in the last verse, which is built up perfectly in the preceding stanzas. Well done.

Susan Helene Gottfried said...

Dashed off? Not at all. That's actually quite lovely!

NathanKP said...

Very nice poem. I love it when writers/poets write about writing.

NathanKP - Inkweaver Review

Anonymous said...

lovely, truly lovely. thanks so much for sharing with us.

Francis Scudellari said...

@Jena Belly will have to wait until next month ... too much going on right now for me to afford the time on it it deserves. I think I'm the quintessential aspiring artist :).

@Fiendish Thanks ... I had the beginning and ending first, and then joined them up. I'm glad it all meshed properly.

@Susan Thanks ... when it comes that quickly, I worry it'll come off a bit airy.

@Nathan I tend to write about writing a lot ... too much probably :).

@Washwords I'm more than happy to share whatever you very kind readers will accept from me :).

fihanna said...

forte idea!
me la trduco in italiano...
vale per ogni poeta!

Unknown said...

Hello.

I am the author of http://TheGreatStone.com ; it is a blog that provides reading for people to motivate them and lift up their souls.

Before anything else, I wanted to thank you for your blog. It is definately great reading and I am glad to have come across your blog.

I also wanted to ask if you would be interested in exchanging links.

Our blogs would definately compliment each other.

I hope to hear from you soon.

Francis Scudellari said...

Ciao Hanna! Are you back from vacation? I'm actually heading out of town for a few days, but I'll try to catch up with you when I return on Monday.

Francis Scudellari said...

@J.P. I'm always happy to exchange links with other writers.