Today’s Poet’s Corner contribution by Junette Schoell explores the canvas of artist Jackson Pollock.

Blue Poles, Again

I love it again.
This vast chaotic confusion of
sprayed and splattered
dripped and dribbled
poured, layered
and walked on paint.
Its energy excites
with vibrancy of colour,
its acid yellow
and cadmium orange
lifting above the black and white and blue.

This “Number 11, 1952”
abstract expression of
inspired emotion surging forward;
Pollock’s post war view of possibilities.
Eight blue poles?
Totem statements written bold in deep ink,
anchor a human vision to draw us
upwards, beyond,
towards the future…
but yet they sway
like masts of tall ships, caught and laced
in the cross winds
of struggling revolutionary modernism.
Its purchase in 73
a sign of our coming of age?
Our country’s embarking on a cultural journey
embracing equality,
Black and White
difference and diversity,
which only in time can bring
multi layered abundance
and fullness of being…
still yet to come.

Junette Schoell has appeared in Poet’s Corner with poem settings from around Australia. Junette was born in the Barossa Valley and now lives on the slopes of Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges. She began writing poetry as a young teacher on Kangaroo Island, with her poetry coming from strong personal moments and challenges, and the experiences of nature both old and renewed.

Readers’ original and unpublished poems of up to 40 lines can be emailed, with postal address, to [email protected]. A poetry book will be awarded to each contributor.