Outside the frame

I watched a bowl of fruit on the table remain motionless. Just another example of life imitating art. ― Jarod Kintz

Silent the apple lays

half peeled

in the painting

but it’s especially the knife

 

brilliant sharp on the board

 

that draws my attention

just one hand away from

his fixed prey

 

that’s why I also suspect

on the outside of the frame

the man or the woman

ready to complete the task

at least a child

to bite a piece out of the fruit

 

maybe I will be back tomorrow

I wouldn’t be surprised

if I could look the worm

out of the rest of this apple.

 

© Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere

20/12/2014

Reviews

[NeiL ArandA]

Very unique concept of poetic expression . I saw a picture of a Boa constrictor inside a cage sleeping with bunch of scared and anxious chickens inside the same cage . Perhaps the knife depicts the great equalizer which doesn't discriminates . One way or the other it will be our turn on the chopping board And life is just like a stage . I wonder what the worm represents?

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

The worm is the decay within, Neil. We can look at something without seeing what happens inside. Thank you for taking time to read my poem and reviewing. Have a good day. :) Rudi

[NeiL ArandA]

Ah thats awesome . Very deep indeed . The worm Rudi can represents so many things ... There's also aworm that never dies in a person's heart . Which will be evident in the after or next life . Thanks for the hint .

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

My pleasuren Neil. :) Rudi

[MsJewel]

It is impossible to see what's on the inside...
great poem, wonderful metaphor!

:) Julie

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, Julie, for passing by and reading my poem. :) Rudi

[Delmar Cooper]

A perspective, a reflection, a direct view and then an insight into the dark fertile place behind the eye.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

That's indeed what the poem is trying to tell. Thank you Delmar for your review. :) Rudi

[The Twin Arenas]

Nice work, Rudi. I really liked the last two lines. It's kind of a dark poem, man!

Works without seeing the painting, too.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you very much Waconda Springs, glad you liked it. Have a good day. :) Rudi

[MomzillaNC]

All those painted pictures… It's amazing how they fire the imagination.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

True, isn't. There a story behind every painting, I guess. Everyone has to discover his own story, that's the beauty of it...it's called art. Thank you for taking time to read and review. Have a good day. :) Rudi

[MomzillaNC]

YW. That's kind of what I was saying in my own poem, "Painted Pictures Hung Upon the Wall." Wishing a very merry Christmas to you and yours.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

The same to you too. :) Rudi

[anne]

beautifully expressed...amazing..:)
that’s why I also suspect
on the outside of the frame
the man or the woman
ready to complete the task
at least a child
to bite a piece out of the fruit....
really loved reading....

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you Anne, for reading and reviewing. Have a good day :) Rudi

[Lenah Mehzabin]

Hey very interesting one!..it's really a wonder who is there ? behind the image ,busy framing such a beautiful art ..your theme is really cool Rudi :) ,well done !

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you very much for taking time to read my poem and reviewing. Have a good day. :) Rudi

[A Ghost of Myself]

Quite a unique outlook, Rudi, as you now have me wondering; who really lays beyond the photo? Is it ever changing from one person to another, a child will peer upon the scene with gleeful anticipation,while an adult may look at it as a symbol of themselves. Here two pairs, whole, intacted, I the apple cut, disfigured, broken into shards of what I use to be—why must I be the outcast, the “prey,” I need to whole and unified.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, Jack, for taking time to read my writing and reviewing. Have a good day. :) Rudi

[Confuser]

Rudy you have a very unique imagination and I love it; all the detail you see is wonderful. I loved the writing as always. Thank you. Dale

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, Dale for takingtime to read my poem. :) Rudi

[Laura Lynn]

What an intriguing painting and reflection, a great example for us of ekphrasis, and a great example of quests completed, I wouldn't mind having a painting like this on the wall either!

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Me too, it's a still life from Robert Wyatt, found on the internet. Thank you for your kind remarks and thank you for learning me a new word: ekphrasis! Have a good day and a fine Christmas, Laura. :) Rudi