And here is Frida Kahlo's painting my poem is based on, the very surreal What the Water Gave Me or What I Saw in the Water:
The bathwater contains visionary glimpses from her life and art. There are six poems about this painting in my book, some describe it closely, but in this one I wanted to show her dramatic cremation, when the force of the furnace made her sit bolt upright and her hair caught fire in a halo around her head.
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what a lovely surprise to log into my blog and see you on my dashboard... pure beauty.
ReplyDeleteThank you Stefanie, my editor took this video and some others at the end of a long day.
ReplyDeleteSorry, Pascale! My comment was intended for this running posting of yours, not the previous one!
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All the best
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When I listen to this it brings back the pleasure I had listening to you read the poems in Manchester.
ReplyDeleteThank you Angela, my editor took this in her garden. I'd just done a reading in Wales that day and was very tired for some reason but it seemed to go okay despite her cat trying to distract me by pouncing on my feet!
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