Mirek Antoniewicz, Poland: slide show inspired to Lament by Dylan Thomas

INFINITY, digital painting by SIBEL SANCAR, Turkey. INFINITY, poem by AERONWY THOMAS, UK

  (copyright of the artist) LINK: http://www.sibelsancar.com INFINITY   Infinity can travel linger in the present and wander into the future, returning to give advice on how to conduct ourselves in the present with hindsight and foresight. Think of the mistakes I could avoid: present future (those past are too late). Yet I’d rather be […]

NIGHTINGALE – Conference of the birds -, painting and words by NILGUN, Turkey

(copyright of the artist) LINK: http://www.artabus.com/nilgunakyol/ …The Nightingale says that the love of the Rose satisfies him, and the journey is beyond his strength; but the Hoopoe warns against being a slave of passing love that interferes with seeking self-perfection. ‘Attar began The Conference of the Birds (Mantiq al-tair) with an invocation praising the holy […]

INSIDE THE DEPTHS, painting by HUDA, Saudi Arabia. MOON, poem by AERONWY THOMAS, UK

(copyright of the artist) LINK: http://www.artbreak.com/Huda MOON I cry to the winds hear no answer cry all night the stars are cold beg for your arms you hug yourself: The moon waxes and wanes never grows warmer. AERONWY THOMAS

SINFUL EYE, painting by BASRI MEKOLLI, Kosova. WHAT DID YOU (DO) THERE?, poem by AERONWY THOMAS, UK

(copyright of the artist) LINK: http://www.artbreak.com/basrimekolli WHAT DID YOU (DO ) THERE?                                                  There’s something there,                                                where, care                                                to look behind the sofa,                                                along the curtain rail,                                                under the Queen’s chair.                                                Care to feel your way                                                into the cupboard                                                it’s dark in there.                                                Since he’s come […]

AUTUMN VINES, sumi ink and acrylic by MARSHA SOLOMON, Long Island, N.Y. PAINSHILL POETS, poem by AERONWY THOMAS, UK

(copyright of the artist) LINK: http://www.marshasolomon.com. PAINSHILL POETS   You blend into autumnal colours Red, orange, yellow and brown Sweeping boughs of trees Conceal you. Your voice cannot be heard Above the wind The crunch of dead leaves The thud of chestnuts. You fight to read Your words flutter Through the ruins, follies, lakes, vineyards […]