The Two...on the dark side of the road...
“The Two” is part of the Flower Collection...Watercolour on Sennelier Paper…
You are the town and we are the clock.
We are the guardians of the gate in the rock
The Two
On your left and on your right
In the day and in the night,
We are watching you.
We’re afraid in that case you’ll have a fall.
We’ve been watching you over the garden wall
For hours.
The sky is darkening like a stain
Something is going to fall like rain
And it won’t be flowers.
This might happen any day
So be careful what you say
Or do.
Be clean, be tidy, oil the lock,
Trim the garden, wind the clock,
Remember the Two. W.H. Auden
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Janis Zroback
Wiser not to ask just what has occurred
To them who disobeyed our word;
To those
We were the whirlpool, we were the reef,
We were the formal nightmare, grief
And the unlucky rose.
SNAPPYDAVE
cool …..... love the image and the complimentary verse
Janis Zroback replied
Welcome Dave…glad you like it…thanks so much…
Hal Smith
lovely, great composition and colors, love your brush strokes
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Hal…I’m really happy you like my work.
Racheli
Lucky they are, on side of the road better then in a pitcher.
Such a beautiful glorious composition Janis.
Janis Zroback replied
So nice to see you again Rachel…thanks so much for the lovely compliment…
Alison Pearce
Gorgeous work Janis!
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much alison…glad you like it.
coppertrees
Very Nice Janis Beautiful work
Janis Zroback replied
I’m glad you like it Vickie…thanks so much…
webbie
The words and the Art is beautiful Janis…Awsome job:) huggggz
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Thelma….I’m happy you like it.
kjgordon
one question….do you dine on paint and just spit these magical colors out….........ha.
again and again…...........
Janis Zroback replied
I live and breathe painting…thank you so much KJ…
Janis Zroback
Climb up the crane, learn the sailor’s words
When the ships from the islands laden with birds
Come in
Tell your stories of fishing and other men’s wives:
The expansive moments of constricted lives
In the lighted inn.
But do not imagine we do not know
Nor that what you hide with such care won’t show
At a glance
Nothing is done, nothing is said,
But don’t make the mistake of believing us dead:
I shouldn’t dance.
bevmorgan
This is so rich and vivid and exciting, Janis. You have such a wonderful gift for using colour. Love it!
Janis Zroback replied
Love colour… I grew up with intense colour all around me and it’s in my blood…thank you so much Bev…glad you like it.
Joyce Dickens,...
EXQUISITE !!! Janice, don’t know if I will ever catch up on all of your incredibe Works of Art…...but I just popped in for a while…..and saw this lovely watercolor….......so gorgeous my sweet friend!!! XXX JD
Janis Zroback replied
I’m really happy to see you Joyce…what a lovely thing to say!...thanks so much.
kjgordon
I really like the flow of the words….......and the rhythm …..............
makes one wonder and re-read,,,,,,,,,,
_Climb up the crane, learn the sailor’s words
When the ships from the islands laden with birds
Come in
Tell your stories of fishing and other men’s wives:
The expansive moments of constricted lives
In the lighted inn.
But do not imagine we do not know
Nor that what you hide with such care won’t show
At a glance
Nothing is done, nothing is said,
But don’t make the mistake of believing us dead:
I shouldn’t dance._
Janis Zroback replied
I particularly like the last line “I shouldn’t dance”...don’t relax for a moment…we’re watching….eerie..
Erhan OZBIYIK
Beautiful work Janis!!! Great combi with the poem !!!
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Erhan…nice to see you…
everascot
Your work is luscious, wonderful to view and enjoy!!!!
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Pauline…I’m glad you enjoy viewing my work…
Linda Callaghan
wonderful collection of colours and talent once again Janis….!
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Linda…I’m happy you like it.
Janis Zroback replied
When the green field comes off like a lid
Revealing what was much better hid:
Unpleasant.
And look, behind you without a sound
The woods have come up and are standing round
In deadly crescent.
The bolt is sliding in its groove,
Outside the window is the black remov-
ers’ van.
And now with sudden swift emergence
Come the woman in dark glasses and humpbacked surgeons
And the scissors man.
Karin Taylor
beautiful rich colours Janis
a lovely painting
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Karin…glad you like it.
Susan Duffey
wonderful depth of rich colour. I certainly never thought of flowers in the way the poem depicts – great poem but too sinister for me.
Janis Zroback replied
It’s actually subtitled The Witnesses, and Auden verse is about silent witnesses to all that goes on…I though why not flowers? they are there, always silently looking on at every thing we do good and bad…e.g there must have been flowers in Hitler’s Germany, outside the camps…there are many flowers in Guantanamo….it’s just another way of looking at things we take for granted…flowers celebrate, but they also are used at the time of death….
It is indeed sinister, but it’s not the flowers, it’s us, while the flowers silently look on…
I’m glad you like the painting Susan…thank you so much…
Antanas
lovely
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Antanas…
Lucindawind
fabulous !!! dark and bold colours work well
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Lucinda…I’m really happy you like it.
Marita McVeigh
wow!
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Marita…
GEORGE SANDERSON
Glorious colours and contrasts, Janis, another winner !!
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much George….I’m so glad you like it.
Solomon Walker
just fantastic Janis! lovely mix of brilliant colours!
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Solomon…glad you like it..
DevineDayDreams
mindblowing in every possible way!
Janis Zroback replied
Welcome….thank you so much…
Maria Medeiros
Beautiful! :)
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Maria
Pat Yager
Wonderful, Janis! And in my favorite colors, to boot! Thanks! – Pat
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Pat…I’m glad you like it…
aztriad
Nice work!
Janis Zroback replied
Welcome Anna…thank you so much…