The Kiss

Today Melissa hosts dVerse Poetics where she asked us to write a poem inspired by the art of René Magritte. I had to tackle this one since I live in Belgium

Magritte’s and his art were rather enigmatic. He was known for his surrealistic paintings many of which are famous worldwide.

Magritte was reluctant to explain the meaning behind his art saying “My painting is visible images which conceal nothing; they evoke mystery and, indeed, when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question, ‘What does that mean?’ It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing, it is unknowable.” (https://www.renemagritte.org/)

I chose the painting The Lovers II and wrote a piece about The Kiss. What can we read in the kiss? Can we read anything in it? It is after all just a kiss.

Steve