“nude Descending A Staircase” Poem by Ben Gieske

“nude Descending A Staircase”

Rating: 3.6


____nothing glamorous, a lady
_____ walking down the stairs
______ what women do every day
_______ in any house
________ descending
_________ no Jacob’s ladder
__________ this “angel” of flesh
___________ “gift” of God to males
____________ dreaming
_____________ Dare we think we’re so special?
______________ She’s the/
_______________ artist, the/
________________ teacher, the/
_________________ creator, the/
__________________ goddess
___________________ in our midst
____________________ May Spring time come
_____________________ for this revelation



COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Sarwar Chowdhury 11 July 2009

weeeeeee! so much beauty here! remarkable! ....10+

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Amazing work Ben.! Both visually and verbally. Words walk where they are supposed to and I would say this is the most creative visual I have seen on Poemhunter yet. Excellent! 10 Karin Anderson

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Sathyanarayana M V S 19 May 2009

Another beautiful piece from a beautiful heart.......You painted as well as Marcel did.

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Meggie Gultiano 21 April 2009

a big, big applause, Sir Ben.This is stunningly creative and you are a real artist.I love the way you paint this, and the graphics.

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Great image very thought evoking! ! ! ! good form-a ten! ! !

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Sandra Martyres 25 September 2009

Another brilliant poetic depiction of a painting...I love the artistic form that you have used....

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Lillian Thomas 11 September 2009

great homage to Marcel Duchamp. It's not X.J. Kennedy, but you have a very fine piece here, I added it to my favorites.

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Ivor Hogg 21 August 2009

a recognition of a simple truth.

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Shashendra Amalshan 09 August 2009

You are a great artitist indeed.. this again is a very imaginative work of art.. good, something different... love shan

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Sulaiman Mohd Yusof 21 July 2009

You're so artistic and innovative in your works Ben.Woman descending a staircase, man ascends to their inner needs, to be honest.

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