I'm not the only one who illustrates poems

[minoanmiss]

Over on drawesome, drawing community of my heart, the April challenge was illustrating poems. ALSO, I have been saving this for this post (although in this case the art came first):



Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp, 1912

Which inspired this poem:

Nude Descending a Staircase by X. J. Kennedy

Toe after toe, a snowing flesh,
a gold of lemon, root and rind,
she sifts in sunlight down the stairs
with nothing on. Nor on her mind.

We spy beneath the banister
a constant thresh of thigh on thigh;
her lips imprint the swinging air
that parts to let her parts go by.

One-woman waterfall, she wears
her slow descent like a long cape
and pausing on the final stair,
collects her motions into shape.

Comments

[thnidu]

Thank you, the painting and the poem are both beautiful.

[baranduin]

Love the painting but this is the first I’ve seen the poem. Thank you!

[mekare]

Perfect!