These Circles are Not Perfect
acrylic on canvas
16″x20″ each
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Castanets (poem and painting)
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Castanets
watercolour on paper
12″x18″
the click and clack of castanets
accompany the dancers’ steps
the music’s not quite music yet
the dancers never once misstep
the skirts that swirl and twirl and flare
around lithe bodies and legs bare
are coloured petals in the air
that flit and fly now here now there
the castanets that clack and click
match alien steps all smart and quick
the dancers’ backs all stiff and straight
belie their nature wild innate
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
Rosy Morning (poem and painting)
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Rosy Morning
watercolour on paper
12″x18″
a sliver of time before sunrise
wild buds burst open as if in surprise
raise dainty little heads in expectation
turn motley bright heads in exaltation
eastward into the early haze gazing
at the rising sun on a rosy misty morning
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
A Strand of Hair (poem and painting)
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A Strand of Hair
watercolour on paper
11″x15″
on a hot somnolent afternoon
her brown face smooth and clear
except for a single strand of hair
fallen loose from behind her ear
draws a wavy line down her face
distracting disturbing his pace
as he tried to keep hands in place
to keep from that wayward strand
to keep from her face his strong hand
on that hot tantalizing afternoon
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
Dance of Joy (poem and painting)
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Dance of Joy
watercolour on paper
11″x15″
when you’re happy and you know it
throw your hands up
in the air and just show it
kick your leg up
high behind and then swing it
twirl about and spin
around and just love it
when you’re excited and can’t hide it
throw your body back
and forth and then shake it
sway your hips around
in circles and then twist it
bite your tongue and hold it in
then break loose what’s in and dance it
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
Spring to Fall (poem and painting)
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Spring to Fall
watercolour on corrugated cardboard
12″x15″
does Spring spring to Fall
or does Spring fall?
do you fall when you spring
or do you spring when you fall?
can you spring on springs
and not fall or do you fall?
it’s all a pun on nature
and that’s au naturel
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
Blue Concerto on a Green Planet (poem and painting)
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Blue Concerto on a Green Planet
watercolour on paper
12″x18″
when blue spirits frolic
in the green planet
taking over the environs
they blend, create havoc
seeping through elements
tinting all conditions
nurturing all of nature
ensuring life ever after
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
Twined (poem and painting)
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Twined
watercolour on paper
12″x18″
twined together two totalities
twist tempting tantalizing
taut throughout temperature tormenting
tarrying teasingly torsos tangling
torrid taunting tempestuous tangoing
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
Sunflowers (poem and painting)
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Sunflowers
watercolour on paper
11″x15″
all across the fields in summer
sunflowers raise their heads
following the sun’s unmatched splendour
challenging Horus with golden crowns glowing
filling the island with bright gleaming orbs
millions of sunrises and millions of sunsets
the short-lived sunflowers
enrobe the red land
giving short-lived summer
the seasonal upper hand
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
Love in Blue (poem and painting)
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Love in Blue
watercolour on paper
12″x18″
love in blue is love that’s true
love that’s deep
love that’s new
love that frees
love that soothes
love that sees
love in blue, that’s what it is
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
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