Angelic

I enjoy writing poems about images in art. This poem was inspired by Untitled (Northern Renaissance angel with lute), by Joseph Cornell….

Angels and Lutes: Inspiration

This poem was inspired by this painting from the Smithsonian, and the purchase of my own beautiful lute (a gallichon) a few years ago….

For My Lute (made of Cherry wood)

(Photo by me)

Angels and Lutes: Inspiration

I’m intrigued by the number of historical paintings depicting angel musicians, and there is always at least one angel playing a lute. I am in the beginning stages of my journey with the lute, and am completely in love with it. It’s quite a special instrument. So I’ve decided to start a series of poems

Lute

  (Angel Musician from the Rosary Altarpiece, by Albrecht Durer)