# Inspired by Art

Ольга Слободкина

THE SCARF DANCE


Modeled by Leonard Agathon

van Weydeveld

(French, Sevres porcelain factory,

c. 1900)


The scarf curves like the arch to Bliss.

The Heaven's flutes are tremulous and ardent.

The porcelain blossoms in a fleur-de-lis.

The bells of sleeves are like a lily garden.


O, Statue! In Eternal Land

Against the black velvet of Non-Existence

Your spirit soars dissolving in His Hand.

Below Earth goes round out of distance.


Aug. 27, 1994


H. MATISSE 52. BLUE NUDE II


You've arched, o Matisse's BLUE NUDE,

Your leap and mind... O, plastic revelation!

The demons won't arch back your great prelude.

You're the Eternal Art of Contemplation.


You're a woman. Start of everything.

Inseparable from Pre-Mother Rachel,

The Sacrament of Birth is in your Ring,

The Arch of Love - so heavenly and natural.


Dec. 17, 1994