But one of the artist
Posing to his palette
Knowledge of self
Is hereby responsible
For muddying the distinction
Whilst modesty, in deference
To plain facts, allows for either
Of them to precede the other
One used the facsimile
The other
Followed the real
Afterwards
The coin turned over
One used the intuition
The other
Captured the zeal
Years later
You could even say today
One met the other
The facsimile, the feel
The intuition
In between
Halfway or so
One was bound, printed
The other
Left on the shelf
RS Thomas - Too brave to dream
Andre Derain (1880-1954) - Portrait of the artist
Happenstance in Heptonstall
Poems Started at Lumb Bank
Arvon 2018
