Maureen Sexton has done an amazing job of connecting disabled artists with poets and exhibited the results. I, along with many WA poets, was invited to write poems to artworks and each time, my approach was from the artists p.o.v., as if to give them voice which they often don't have. The results of three exhibitions can be enjoyed on the Creative Connection pages.
This is a favourite from the 2008 series:
No. 59Artist: Vivienne Sharp
Coral Bay
Snorkelling with rainbows
just past the breaking surf,
I see the red rocky shores
of the North West Cape.
Shimmering white sands where
Coastal Daisies, Starflowers
and Sturt Peas grope to grip
harsh hot terrain in fighting wind.
At Easter, a hundred yards off
the bay, coral triggers upside down
snowstorms to invite gentle giants
from the depths of Tantabiddi to feed
whilst in my imagination, I squeeze
the fish colours through my fingers
to paint pictures and feel myself
swimming with whale sharks.
Frances Macaulay Forde © 2008
Loads more here:
http://www.creativeconnectionsaape.net.au/pages/2008artworksandpoems.html
This is a favourite from the 2008 series:
No. 59Artist: Vivienne Sharp
Coral Bay
Snorkelling with rainbows
just past the breaking surf,
I see the red rocky shores
of the North West Cape.
Shimmering white sands where
Coastal Daisies, Starflowers
and Sturt Peas grope to grip
harsh hot terrain in fighting wind.
At Easter, a hundred yards off
the bay, coral triggers upside down
snowstorms to invite gentle giants
from the depths of Tantabiddi to feed
whilst in my imagination, I squeeze
the fish colours through my fingers
to paint pictures and feel myself
swimming with whale sharks.
Frances Macaulay Forde © 2008
Loads more here:
http://www.creativeconnectionsaape.net.au/pages/2008artworksandpoems.html
And here's a favourite from the 2007 series:
No. 21 Artist: Clayton Winmar
Country
take my hand
walk with me
through family
follow straight
railway lines
in the sunshine
leave hand prints
in caves sprayed
white sand hills
mountains of
red clay heart
brown beauty
take my hand
walk with me
through country
Frances Macaulay Forde © 2007
And again, loads more on here:http://www.creativeconnectionsaape.net.au/pages/2007artworksandpoems.html
