Looking into Magritte's 'False Mirror'

Large oil painting:
endless eye

surpassing frames
reflecting sky:

its pupil looms
as viewers move

their captive shadows
trapped by light.




Looking into Magritte's 'False Mirror' © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.

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21 words (prompt limit).  Eye Shadow brevity challenge prompt - link: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2769839-Brevity...-21-words-or-less-

Poem inspired by Rene Magritte's surreal oil painting known as "The False Mirror":

https://www.moma.org/collection/works/78938

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_False_Mirror
Submitted: January 13, 2021









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