Tuesday, October 20, 2020

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK... T3M's ORANGE & BLACK CHALLENGE...


 Tell me what you see in it : 
The pine tree like a Rorschach-blot 
black against the orange light : 
 Plant an orange pumpkin patch 
which at twelve will quaintly hatch 
nine black mice with ebon coach, 
 or walk into the orange 
and make a devil's cataract of black 
obscure god's eye with corkscrew fleck; 
 put orange mistress half in sun, 
half in shade, until her skin tattoos 
black leaves on tangerine. 
 Read black magic or holy book 
or lyric of love in the orange and black 
till dark is conquered by orange cock, 
 but more pragmatic than all this, 
say how crafty the painter was 
to make orange and black ambiguous.\
~
Sylvia Plath

6 comments:

Lori Saul said...

Chilling words and fabulous imagery really capture the mood!

Taluula said...

You NEVER disappoint, Deann. A wonderful tribute to Halloween.

Sim said...

Brrrr, it is purely FABULOUS my dear Deann!

indybev said...

You made orange and black ambiguous and wonderful!! I love the descriptive phrase "black laves on angerine". It sticks in my mind!

sirkkis said...

Strong Halloween feel, indeed.

Gillena Cox said...

Very creative composition

Mine is HERE

Much❤love