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Miranda in the Cave
by Maureen Glaude
There is something
of the Ishtar Gate
to the arched mouth
of your sea cave.
Miranda, is this smooth and serene repose
that graces you, coming before or after love?
Your gauzy red shawl
flowing from beneath your head
drapes the floor of the
grey shelf of your
sanctuary on-the-sea.
In the distance, a curtain
of light turquoise from the sky
with its pallid sun
hangs over the marine blue of dancing water.
Silver and shadow
of dappled sunlight on the
path of water rocks from the entrance
leads promisingly to your
bower - a blanket of golden seashelled sand
stretches out beneath your bed
a lily-pad shaped stone beside you.
It is as if
youve found your retreat
to solitude and privacy
and, asking nothing more of life,
are one with the womb youve settled deep within
its ochred wall slopes like your curves,
and keeps symmetry with your bare shoulders.
Your russet tresses and your young lithe body
cream-toned, in the darkness
as in an elegant mermaid pose
you rest your hands beneath your ear
arms covering your bare breasts
Miranda, do you dream of where youve left
or where you will go next?
A triangular chink the cave wall
lets in the sun-warmed blue of the sea
imitating the vaster entrance
The landscape empathasizes with your femininity,
in shared hollows and shapes.
Your aura is one of sated
and liberated, not trapped in the underworld
for you are not marooned
Miranda.
03/31/2005
Author's Note: inspired by the painting, Miranda in the Cave,
by Alfred Joseph Woolmer (1805-1892) (which is of Miranda from Shakespeare's The Tempest. Check out the painting on if you like, at the site Manser Fine Paintings, on google, it's the l0th painting down on the left . (I wish I could show manage to show the image on here).
Posted on 04/01/2005
Copyright © 2024 Maureen Glaude
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 04/01/05 at 04:03 PM I really like the tone of this; but with so little time at work, will have to come back and read again. As for the painting you could add the http://www... address to your Author's Note for us to check it out. Ciao for now pardner. |
| Posted by Dana E Brossard on 04/01/05 at 04:42 PM Oooh, it's great, I like it =) |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 04/02/05 at 03:53 PM Great job of bringing the painting to life Mo. Rich descriptiveness throughout, raised to an new level in your poderings of the subject's travels. |
| Posted by Kate Demeree on 04/04/05 at 02:34 PM Mo.. .you have outdone yourself with this, I am unsure which I like better the painting or your interpritation of it. *Bravo* |
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