Otto Dix by George Hoerneryou hang there
on the wall alone
except for those watching
the 1914 catharsis
from a distance almost
just a black sheet of paper
with few spots of white
night as black as no light with
the deafening sound of death
surrounding screams of terror
occasional flashes from shells
highlight pock marked ground
as mother earth tries
to absorb the pain of war
your tortured mind reflects
the release of fear
through the memory
of black and white
with few shades of gray
you etch in the mind
for all who care to see
that war leaves scares
upon the land
real and imagined
01/15/2005
Author's Note: After a print 'Crater field at Dontrien', lit by fireballs
Etching with aquatint on copperplate paper 1924
Otto Dix, Germany, 1891-1969
Posted on 01/16/2009 Copyright © 2024 George Hoerner
Member Comments on this Poem |
Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 01/16/09 at 02:56 AM Fascinating and just excellent all around, man. |
Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 01/16/09 at 03:01 AM You have eeked much from the stark image. Together they do create the well defined hell that was WWI. Excellent. Thanks. |
Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 01/16/09 at 05:21 AM I must now go and find this image. This gives goose bumps. |
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