“Blue Expanse” by Arkady Rylov
clipping through choppy swells sparked by the spring thaw
the frigate splinters remnant ice shards along ancient aerial pathways
on her maiden spring voyage piloted by instinctual murmurs
across the frigid brackish sea embedded in their DNA,
as cumulus clusters a gaggling cacophony of lusty honks
hang low in the cerulean sky, trumpeting their arrival
a profound sight to behold to land dwellers on the shore.
kat ~ 9 June 2016
A Cleave Poem* for Jane Dougherty’s weekly poetry challenge inspired by the painting “Blue Expanse” by Arkady Rylov and by the prompt words: aerial, profound, murmur, splintering, spark. If you would like to give this challenge a try, or read other examples, click HERE for more info.
*To read a Cleave Poem (which is three poems in one), begin by reading the first column on the left in bold letters from top to bottom, then read the second column on the right in italicized text, and finally read each line across.
like mercury colliding... 
June 9th, 2016 at 4:17 pm
Lovely! It’s great when a cleave poem comes together like this! Makes me want to go back to this form.
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June 9th, 2016 at 4:18 pm
I do love it! It works so well with a painting that has several things going on. You can tell both stories. 😊
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June 9th, 2016 at 4:21 pm
I must admit, I never took much notice of the ship. It’s the ocean, so there are often ships on it…
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June 9th, 2016 at 4:22 pm
🙂
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June 9th, 2016 at 6:40 pm
Nice!
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June 9th, 2016 at 6:57 pm
Thanks Lynn! 🙂
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June 9th, 2016 at 9:47 pm
You always do such a wonderful job with the cleave poems! I think I would find them taxing to my brain, lol!
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June 10th, 2016 at 2:37 pm
Nice cleave. I’ve not really played with them. Each poem is lovely and they work so well together.
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June 10th, 2016 at 5:25 pm
Thank you Sarah. If you get past the first three lines, making it work separate and combined, it goes much more quickly after that. It is a challenge, but very rewarding when it works.
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June 14th, 2016 at 6:04 am
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June 14th, 2016 at 6:18 am
Lovely cleave. Yours works so well. I like the idea of the ship and the geese with their separate tales–that work together so well.
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June 14th, 2016 at 6:24 am
Thank you Merril. I love cleave poems! 😊
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June 14th, 2016 at 6:24 am
I do, too!
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June 14th, 2016 at 6:21 am
Both sets of images work really well, and this is amplified by putting them together…excellent use of the cleave form. (K)
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June 14th, 2016 at 6:25 am
Thank you! It’s one of my favorite forms. 😊
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