Dawn Bruce
pearl-grey and silver
in her house
grey on grey
the argent touches
evoke
images of rescue
old-lace at every window
and by the door
a reconstructed monster
in plant form
old man banksia
quiet as a widow
she sits and paints
long shadows griseous
on stretched canvas
unprimed
midnight
stars mica-bright
sparkle the air
and the rescue
begins
'The Bull'
...after Picasso
I observe
but draw abstraction
pliable as chicken bones
all curves
bent to straighten
into sides of triangles
the head
slenders
into the long nose
eye sockets gouged and blackened
jowls divided into twisted quarters
horns honed
to strong steel sharpness
control of line
distils
the flesh and blood
to geometry
leaves the creature
a precise perception
...an abstraction
Dawn Bruce, a Sydney poet, has been widely published throughout Australia in literary magazines, journals, anthologies and newspapers. She has won many poetry prizes in Australian-wide competitions and read her work on Sydney radio. Dawn is co-ordinator for the poetry group Somerset Poets which has recently received a highly commended award for a body of work, 'Under Glass'. 'Outside Looking In ' is the title of their first anthology published December 2000.
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