Guernica, 1937
Con-torsos
-torsions
dysproportioned crushed incautions
dev-a-state-shuns
((inward) bleeding) upward sighs
criers
downtown
outbound
whys
sirens blaring limbs declaring
shrapnel tearing
clenched teeth
glaring
all here sharing unpreparing
debris every where are
skies
(where's our skies?)
beware there
flies
here
everyplace
combusted smells
desperate searchlights
baying
bells
gnashing
wretched
metalled hells
rubbled fumbles
crumbled
knells
(whose ears deny this decible?)
gaunt palettes Death admires
well.
Guernica, 1937 © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
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Poem inspired by Pablo Picasso's powerful and iconic image of war, Guernica, which he was commissioned to paint based on a real tragedy of war in 1937 in Spain during the Spanish Civil War at the time:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernica_
(Picasso)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernica
Submitted: February 12, 2020