Showing posts with label Surrealism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Surrealism. Show all posts

Monday, February 28, 2011

The Ins and Outs of It

Door and Cloud  Rene Magritte
Whimsy on Doors

by Helen Harrington


Doors are a wonderful invention
second to the wheel! Open one
at certain times and you will let
fresh air in,
a guest as sweet as Spring, saying
has been
walking among flowers or marshes.
If a gush
of Winter comes, you can - in a
rush -
close it quickly with a fervent bang!
You'll like doors - once you get the
hang
of how they work! They have the
terrific clout
to give two different worlds - In
and Out -
to you, at will. The trick, now and
again,
is knowing what to do with them -
and when!

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Reflections on Reflections

Swans Reflecting Elephants   Salvador Dali
Mirror, Mirror 
by Spike Milligan
A young spring-tender girl
combed her joyous hair
'You are very ugly' said the mirror.
But,
on her lips hung
a smile of dove-secret loveliness,
for only that morning had not
the blind boy said,
'You are beautiful'?