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









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