Exhilarate, Anticipate…
(Inspired by Michelle Paradis’ painting, ‘Exhilarate’…)
I felt like I had been there, bodyboard tucked
Beneath an arm, gradually nearing the fussy approach
Of a tousling, invigorating tide, twisting turquoise
Out of a deep, choppy blue. And I have often hesitated,
Forming images perhaps of rays rising from the deep,
Or maybe of a sea-beast’s widened jaws, bucked
Menacingly towards my gaze, daring me to broach
Its demonic gape with a deafening, wrathful noise.
Foaming at the mouth, its gall has curiously fascinated
And lured me into its thrashing swirls, inexorably steep…
Pete Ray
10th February 2024…
Hues of blue, paling to white entrails…
I liked the contrasts and I could see terrifying, yet enticing jaws in the swell.
This happens on occasions in north Cornwall…
Emotive painting…
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