"Canvas"

Canvas

                    For Mark

 

Pen and ink on grainy off-white
meet charcoal on canvas, blending
with soft pastels on thick matte board.

Three Koi of varying sizes

embody three traits of unique distinction---
love, luck, and hope.

Swimming in a circle on canvas,

facing the outer edge,
but staying close to each other. 




                    ~~~ 

An earlier version of this poem was first published in print in Poetry Depth Quarterly / Spring 2005

First published online in First Literary Review-East 

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November 15, 2014