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| “Three-Corner Plane in Space,” by Max Bill (1908-1994)* |
By Blake Adamson
Eventless
If there was anything before, now there is no trace
Eventless
Not a sound or a sight to behold in this endless nothing
Eventless
The void is invasive, disturbing, it scares, it worries us, it jars
Eventless
Until it comes; the single reminder of what was once us
Rolling
Through time and space
Rolling
Like waves crashing
Rolling
Against a network of stars
Rolling
Amorphous and mysterious
Folding
Smoothly, quietly, with mysterious alien grace
Folding
Like paper in rain, pliable and softening
Folding
Smoothing away all blemishes and scars
Folding
Smoothing away the superfluous
Changing
In this infinite swirling place
Changing
As cyclical as a ring
Changing
With a backdrop of nebulas and quasars
Changing
It is not a choice; it’s a must
New
On into the void, to find some new race
New
A shiny, reborn monolithic thing
New
Pristine and bright, floating free and far
New
A single remnant of a long-gone us
* Max Bill was a Swiss architect, artist, painter, typeface designer, industrial designer, and graphic designer.
| Copyright © 2020 by Blake Adamson Blake Adamson is an aspiring writer who has written for fanzine blogs and maintains fandom-related blogs on both Tumblr and Archive of Our Own. He currently lives in Jefferson City, Missouri, with his family while trying to complete a novel or novella-length story, a feat which he compares to passing kidney stones. |
Thanks, Blake, for sharing. Like the use of one word lines to move the poem forward eventless to rolling to bending to changing to new. Great idea.
ReplyDeleteBlake, until I wondered who Max Bill was and you put me in touch with Highland Park Poetry, I don’t believe I had ever heard of an ekphrastic poem. And now I am trying to write one, for entry in Highland Park Poetry’s March contest. THANK YOU!
ReplyDeleteAnd I’d have said that sooner if I weren’t suffering the worst cold (or something) I have had in years.
And said it with fewer typos, too! (I think this is the third time I’ve reposted this comment.)
Wonderful piece of poetry.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
Hope to see more of your work.
Glad to have you on board the good ship Moristotle. Your work will indeed expand and inspire all our efforts.
ReplyDeleteYour interpretation of the sculpture expanded my awareness of all facets of the work and allowed me to see its beauty and ambiguity more fully. I couldn't tell from the photo but does the sculpture take the form of a Mobius strip?
Nicely done. Enjoyed he phrasing very much.
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