Wednesday 31 January 2018

Bride by Ton van Reen

BRIDE

A woman rests on the beach
sitting on a bundle of brushwood
cold jellyfish of blue-tinted glass
spread around her like jewels

Her hands lie on her lap
playing with a brittle shell
the pink mouth opened to the wind
a shout in which the sea races around

Motionless she looks out over the water
her headscarf is blowing like
a blue windvane towards the sea
a silent greeting to the fisherman
in his boat, small off the coast

The tide rolls towards her
a white fan of wet lace
is spreading out over her foot
With arms full of spume
the sea dresses her as a bride

Ton van Reen (1941)
[photo Internet]

Original Title: Bruid

Monday 15 January 2018

Catherine Deneuve by Manuel Kneepkens

Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Deneuve
[photo Internet]

#Metoo is called in France #Balancetonporc
(blow the gaff on your pig!)
100 pretty French women are protesting

Catherine Deneuve belongs to them
'This is La Douce France, Nom de Dieu!
Gallantry we hold dear!'

A man's hand on a woman's thigh
is not Les liasons dangereuses!
A man's hand on a woman's bottom
is not L’Histoire d’ O!

Oh, good old Catherine Deneuve
once Buñuel's Belle de Jour
all Bad Men are grateful to you

Me too!
In the name of Marquis de Sade
I put you naked across my knee