Contour drawing

by

Janet Butler

A grey path curves and angles
the creamy white of a rough grained surface
adding a subtle interest
to the purity of evolving form;
the paper’s bumps and gouges deviate
that hairline perfection
with a touch
of much desired
variation.

The pencil glides and grooves
the yielding surface,
excavations of thought
searching dots that float,
imaginary buoys
decoys that hold design
within the limits
shaped by line.

 

 

 

Janet Butler has been living in Berkeley, CA, for the last two years, after a long residence abroad in central Italy, where she developed her passion for both watercolor painting and poetry writing. For five years she worked with the Italian poet Romeo Giuli on a translation of his poems, many of which were published by Solveig Publishing House, Siena, Italy. Her own poems have been published both online and in print. Currently she has an online chapbook, Eden Fables at LanguageandCulture.net. Shadowline, a collection of 50 poems, was published by Gatto Publishing, Scotland, as an iBook in 2007. Recent and future publications include Ampersand, The Indented Pillow, and Cerulean Rains. For more about Janet, visit her website.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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