Saturday, April 13, 2024

The Two Ways

 

The Two Ways
Trompe-l'œil L’Assemblage by Michael Douglas Jones  ©2024
Original artwork available at Gallery 322



I would save, she would share;
we were opposites attracting.
I would rage, she would whisper;
I was cold to her compassion.
I was sinner, she was saint;
together, we were all the world;
the way that it will always be;
for you would not know her warmth,
had you not felt my chill.


 


Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Snow Shower

Snow Shower
Trompe-l'œil L’Assemblage by Michael Douglas Jones  ©2024
Original artwork available at Gallery 322




 Snow shower, sugar powder,

 dry and drifting

 down the White’s Ferry road,

 where I walk,

 winter warm,

 recalling summer girls,

 with funnel cake faces,

 waiting for the Ferris Wheel.


 


 

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Aviary

Aviary
Trompe-l'œil L’Assemblage by Michael Douglas Jones  ©2024
Original artwork SOLD at Gallery 322



The cage was in the eye of the gaoler;

the song was in the heart of the bird,

and the bars could not hold it,

no matter the size of the cage.