At Giverny
At Giverny, Monet found the peace
he had sought at Argenteuil, but never
found. In this photo, he walks between
irises and nasturtiums on the gravel
path leading to the Japanese footbridge
that spans the lily pond. He stands now
on that bridge and sees himself reflected
… eyes, mouth, whiskers, hat …
all floating, half-drowned forever
in the fragrant colors he turned into
plants and flowers. Illusive, yet real,
the ghost of his smile haunts the lily
pond’s depths in this two dimensional
recreation of light and movement, held
forever in the camera’s instantaneous
capture of this selected moment. Now,
in the first home we have owned, this
Christmas Eve, with snow on the ground,
and a chill wind blowing a Queen Anne’s
lace of drifting flakes against the window’s
fly screen, anniversary flowers brighten
our table, while under the tree, presents
… including this book you gave me …
are piled as everything waits, breathless,
as past and future, hand in hand, dance
slow motion paintings to the flickering
rhythms of the fire’s impressionist flames.
rogermoorepoet 
The image is so very beautiful. Spell bounding
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Thank you so much. I love Monet’s paintings and I hope my words reflect just a fragment of the beauty he creates and encourages us to recognize.
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Wonderful.dt flower is called by name of guldaudy.again, dear roger !!when i read ur poem then i feel dt i am seeing a wonderful painting.
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I am describing the photos of Monet’s garden at Giverny. This is where he painted the water-lilies, among other things. It is a poem about a painter and a painting. Verbal and visual: I try to blend them.
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Yeah.i understood.u have written as verbal and i feel dt i am seeing those painting.
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Beautiful poetry.
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Thank you, Joel. Good to see you here and so glad you liked the poem.
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You’re welcome Roger.
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Beautiful. What a tribute!
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Thank you, Tanya. I have always loved the way he painted his own reflection into the waters of the paintings. It was as if I were standing there, beside him, also looking in.
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This is gorgeous Roger, you do him proud.
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Thanks, Mr. Cake. The National Museum of Wales had (and still has) some lovely Impressionist paintings and I met Monet very early in my life. I have always loved the Water-lilies.
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I love Monet as well
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For me, it’s about the interplay between water, sky, clouds, and inner and outer depths (the water lilies). With other paintings, it’s the interplay of light and shade (Rouen Cathedral).
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Beautiful!
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Thank you. It’ a golden oldie and goes back a bi, but it’s certainly a theme — Monet and his garden — on which I have worked. I just love the Monet impressions of the gardens at Giverny … and we all seek that deep inner peace that blossoms with the water lilies.
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That’s a wonderful line of inquiry. I absolutely adore Monet! Looking forward to more Monet-themed poems. 🎆😁🎆
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I don’t know if you saw this earlier post https://rogermoorepoet.com/2016/08/09/monet-at-giverny-1-4-16/
This and he here following posts are all Monet at Giverny, one of my favorite poems.
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Wonderful! “Like the gods he dreamed…” Wow!
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I sometimes think that when we create, even our own little worlds, then Deus est in nobis … as the Romans used to say. It is the god working within us.
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True, only a little part of it is conscious really, where does the rest come from, how does the spirit rise so high, who knows? It’s a mystery we can spend a lifetime exploring in wonder…
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I loved the book review and I’ll be chasing down your books. Thank you for being here. I look forward to reading more of your creative work.
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Wow! That’s amazing! Let me know what you thought about my two books of Shadow/Soul Stories. Let the creative conversations continue! 😁😃😁
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