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ARTIST (painter) and MUSICIAN (bass) . I am a Prof. Emeritus from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where I taught studio arts and seminars on Contemporary art. I graduated from the University of Chicago where I recieved my MFA in 1977. I have exhibited nationally and internationally for over thirty years. My work has been published in numerous journals and books. I am an avid reader and an amateur poet. I played music professionally for fifteen years; primarily jazz. I am also a former steel hauler of fifteen years. I was born and raised on the southside of Chicago.)

The Best Poem Of Dan Ramirez

The Liquid Owl

It was such a little thing
As I held it. Between
My fingers. It felt like
Well…what it was

Much smaller than the shelf
It stood upon, it seemed
The cornerstone of the shop
It occupied near the Mediterranean
Sea that I painted earlier

That day inspired
By an expansive Aganippe,
Blue, as this thing I shifted
To my palm lined with strokes;

Pigment residue of a hue
Bold in its pretension
To capture a view
Of a liquid that moves
In a tempo with its muse.

But like this porcelain owl
With eyes that reflect light
Time alone will determine
If I’ve pictured it right

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