Pollock's Last Snowflake
The question posed a voluptuous riddle.
Were these frenzied silhouettes
pole-dancing in black and blue
drooling the white slip
the sinewy gestures of Jackson Pollock's dribble?
The answer
coveted in a cracked glass
where crystalline veins erupt
like snowflakes
fatally flirting with windowpanes.
The anonymous physicist found
relying on African fractals
and reflexive theories of self-similarity
(like the infinite peculiarity of the figure 8)
that these calculated drips
were indeed, not authentic.
Were these frenzied silhouettes
pole-dancing in black and blue
drooling the white slip
the sinewy gestures of Jackson Pollock's dribble?
The answer
coveted in a cracked glass
where crystalline veins erupt
like snowflakes
fatally flirting with windowpanes.
The anonymous physicist found
relying on African fractals
and reflexive theories of self-similarity
(like the infinite peculiarity of the figure 8)
that these calculated drips
were indeed, not authentic.
posted by Yasmin Waring at 7/30/2006 08:36:00 PM
10 Comments:
i really love your style and use of words
but terrified by my lack of physics references
(i did pass my "o" level but that was forty years ago :)
thanks for the visit
Thank you for stopping by Floots! I'm so glad you visited and thank you for the praise.
I'm not a science professional by any means. Just intrigued by it immensely. This poem was actually inspired after reading an article in the New Yorker about a Pollock retrospective. Certain persons tried to pass off some "lost and found" work as his. It was an anonymous physicist whose "fractal analysis" revealed that the drips were not his.
I thought that was fascinating.
Had to do some research for the poem. But I enjoyed it.
Take care and I'll be stopping by frequently.
Yasmin
Oops! I didn't switch my avatar. I'm one and the same. I have different names for different poetry blogs. Just changed my name from Rapunzal to Rappaccini's Daughter this morning.
Thought it was better suited to the themes of this site.
skelety: so glad you visited; a droog indeed! thank you for your kind words; i had a lot of fun flipping the "f's" in this one. i'll be visiting your site again to see more of your funny gruesomeness.
now it's time for my morning moloko.
paka
The physicist may have been a fraud, but this poem is certainly the real thing!! Enjoyed, whatever aka this is penned under!!
Glad you like it.
And that the aliases aren't a deterrent!
Oh Pat. One gentle note here. It was the physicist who exposed the "Pollock" frauds. No legal action taken. They just quietly went away. Though I suppose, there are those fraudulent physicists out there as well!
I love the word "voluptuous". The fact that you used it in the same poem as "fractal" leaves me in awe. Great work.
Ozy: Me too! I love the word "voluptuous" and don't get to use it enough. But it fit perfectly here! Glad you liked my indulgence!
lol, but are any two fake flakes the same?
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