Saturday, April 05, 2008

Taking Flight



















Sketch of a Horse
by Leonardo da Vinci


Taking Flight

Eyes of fire
Beauty denying
Iron limbs
Taking flight
Riding bareback through maelstroms
On golden conquest.


Copyright 2008 JO Janoski

5 comments:

  1. Iron limbs? Jo, get off that merry-go-round!

    Sorry, couldn't help myself. This is beautiful, really... and I like it that every word matters, it's not self-indulgent or wordy. Nice work...

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  2. I have a book with Divinci's drawings, One I was thinking about writing a poem about a few years ago, but never did. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. ever ride bareback thu a maelstrom? Not as fun as it sounds. OK, I had a saddle but it still was pretty scary.
    but then again I had no golden conquest...
    fun read

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  4. You get so much out of a line drawing ... this is as powerful as the taunt lines of DiVinci, nicely done, as usual - a fan

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