Sculpting Figures of Speech
Chips off
by chisels
hammers ground
edges
blunter
planar round
verse
emersion
verging face
no David
Venus
Moses trace
a "Thinker"
yes but
shaped as phrased
said marble
carved
no Rodin raised.
Sculpting Figures of Speech © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
View this poem at AllPoetry.com
32 words. 18 lines. Writer's Block challenge prompt - link:
https://allpoetry.com/contest/2736444-Writers-Block
About the poem: this poem interprets "Writer's Block" as something of a slab of marble stone to be sculpted carefully into a lasting and beautiful work of art. The "face" (unique nature and eventual larger embodiment) of the poem begins to emerge with careful diligence.
Allusions are made to David, Venus (de Milo), Moses, the Thinker (Le Penseur) - all famous marble sculptures - and Rodin, a famous sculptor who created The Thinker.
(Image was created by me back in 2017 for a BlenderArtists.org Weekend Challenge.)
Submitted: November 23, 2019