Three Poems by CLS Sandoval

 

Three Poems by CLS Sandoval

Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) by David Hockney

Swimming

Into the wall

He doesn’t see me here

This has been my last try

Never mind the perfect view here

I’ll go

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The Synagogue in Frankfurt am Main, 1919 by Max Beckmann

The synagogue in Frankfurt stands tall

Constructed over two years, it opened in 1910

Max Beckmann captured his interpretation nine years later

Imagine how much the building survived

Constructed over two years, it opened in 1910

Before World War II, 30,000 Jews lived in the city

Imagine how much the building survived

By the time the US arrived in 1945, only 100 Jews remained

Before World War II, 30,000 Jews lived in the city

Beckmann captured the life and play of the synagogue

By the time the US arrived in 1945 only 100 Jews remained

The artist didn’t imagine the death that lay ahead

Beckmann captured the life and play of the synagogue

And there is a softness, a magic in his perspective

The artist didn’t imagine the death that lay ahead

The synagogue in Frankfurt stands tall

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Untitled Film Still #58 by Cindy Sherman

On the darkest day

Hope remains high up above

So she tells herself

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CLS Sandoval, PhD (she/her) is a pushcart nominated writer and communication professor accomplished in film, academia, and creative writing who performs, writes, signs, and rarely relaxes.  She’s a flash fiction and poetry editor for Dark Onus Lit.  CLS is raising her daughter and dog with her husband in Alhambra, CA. 

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