film star Dennis this is not
Edward Hopper appliquè
his deep sea dive brush play
pulsing light and shadow blodgets
over diners in Chop Suey
from that place and time he teased
a marmelade kablooey
gruffly puffing cigarettes
tapping mystic slats
characters on dingy platform
sporting porkpie hats
trumpeting the sketchiest of
sketchy urban scenes
Nighthawks undulating speaks
a storybook of dreams
sculpting artful settings
in the snappiest of ways
on twisty tracks from Nyack
the Cape Ann shore line sways
in Hopper’s chromium plays
windswept daubs remind
coast the mind blowingly vast
azure sea of time
© 2023 by bob plainwilder
–Hear bob plainwilder read this poem
More bob plainwilder poems:
–a san francisco beat (this one’s dedicated to all the visionary painters out there)
–a spiritual muckrake (dedicated tor artists interested in free speech and making social progress thru art)
